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Andrew Walter, Former ASU Quarterback, Wants Kyrsten Sinema's Spot in Congress

Former Arizona State University quarterback Andrew Walter wants to be a congressman.Walter, a Republican, would have to beat out the rest of the Republican field, then presumably defeat Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema to do so.See also:-Marc Victor Planning to Run Against Sinema, Expects Hel ... More >>

Amazon Will Start Collecting Arizona Sales Tax in February

Online retailer Amazon will no longer be Arizona's duty-free store.Amazon noted in its latest FEC filing that it's going to start collecting Arizona sales tax on purchases in the state, which currently stands at 6.6 percent.

Don Bivens, the $160,000 Man, Slimes Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona

Former Arizona Democratic Party Chair Don Bivens will not go gently into that good night, like he should.Rather, Bivens seems hell-bent on an ugly contest in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate this year. Already, he's going negative on former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, the guy Pr ... More >>

Don Stapley, Maricopa County Supervisor Who's Suing County, Files to Run for Congress in New CD9 District

​Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley has filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for Congress in the newly created CD9 District.The County Supervisor has served as one of five members of the Board of Supervisors since 1996, and is currently suing the county for $15 million due to his ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fiasco: Former COO Natalie Wisneski Pleads Not Guilty

​Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, was in a Phoenix U.S. District Court this morning where she pleaded not guilty to multiple charges that she was involved in a scam to make illegal campaign contributions to several federal, state, and local political candid ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Former COO Natalie Wisneski Indicted

​Natalie Wisneski, the former chief operating officer for the Fiesta Bowl, has been indicted in federal court on charges that she tried to cover up illegal campaign contributions by bowl employees, and that she filed false financial records, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today.Wisneski is t ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Pals Tom Tancredo and Bay Buchanan Pony Up a Measly $424 to Save Russ

TeamAmericaPACGotta wonder what these guys thought of the movie...Did they leave out a zero somewhere?I keep rubbing my eyes and scratching my noggin over this latest campaign finance report filed yesterday by the Committee to Oppose Recall of Russell Pearce, which is run by the Virginia-based ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords to Attend Husband's Shuttle Launch -- and Now People Think She's Running for Senate

Senator Gabrielle Giffords? Democrats hope so.​Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was cleared over the weekend to leave rehab in Texas and fly to Florida to watch her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly's, shuttle launch less than four months after being shot "through the brain" during the January 8, Tucs ... More >>

Fiesta Bowl Fracas: Reimbursement of Campaign Contributions Confirmed, CEO Junker Canned, Questionable Spending Abound -- Including $33,000 Pebble Beach Birthday Party

​Here's something that was expected from the Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma beating Connecticut by 28 points. Here's something unexpected from the Fiesta Bowl: Their employees have allegedly been running a scheme to reimburse illegal campaign contributions (among other accounts of contemptuous courtship w ... More >>

Congressional Candidate Jon Hulburd Dumps $250k of (Ahem) His Money Into Campaign

SC Jon Hulburd​Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd has found himself smack-dab in the middle a closer-than-expected race that, according to the only poll released on the matter, has him leading his Republican opponent Ben Quayle by two points. So he's decided to dump a ton of his ... More >>

Congressional Democrats Charge John McCain With Violating Same Campaign Finance Rules He Created

The Mav​Two new campaign ads funded by -- and starring -- Senator John McCain have Congressional Democrats in a huff.The ads are for Congressional candidates Jesse Kelly and Ruth McClung and are similar-in-nature to "campaign ads" run by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in which he didn't so mu ... More >>

John McCain Campaign Responds to Campaign Finance Complaint

The Mav​Since our earlier post about a complaint filed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee against Senator John McCain regarding some TV ads The Maverick funded, and starred in, the McCain campaign has responded to the charges.The DCCC feels that two ads McCain released violate the ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Honored as One of 2010's "Most Crooked Candidates" by Ethics Group

J.D. Hayworth​If Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth doesn't already want to deliver a firm kick to the balls of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff's, he should. Hayworth's entire campaign has been marred with -- among other things -- his ties to Abramoff and the corruption-based hits just keep on comin'.T ... More >>

U.S. Supreme Court Clean Elections "Matching Funds" Block: What It Means for Arizona

Attorney Nick Dranias' efforts will change the 2010 election cycle.​As attorneys at the Goldwater Institute stressed in a conference call with reporters this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to block matching funds -- effectively stopping their dispersal for the 2010 election cycle ... More >>

John Dougherty, Ex-New Times Award-Winning Staffer, to Run for U.S. Senate -- Really

John Dougherty: Candidate for U.S. Senate​ In the we-really-aren't-making-this-up department, our ex-colleague John Dougherty tells us that he's filed documents today with the Federal Elections Commission as a first step to run in the upcoming Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat. ... More >>

Doug Lingner's Tenure at the Housing Authority of Maricopa County Has Been Marked by Nepotism, Cronyism -- and Plenty of Turmoil

County GOP Leader Wants "Fraud Audit" of Party's Books After $50K is Found Missing From Spending Report

www.marketoracle.com​Arizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett Mecum seems to think that the $50,000 left off of the organization's latest spending report is "all good," but another GOP bigwig is calling for an independent audit of the party's books. Yuma County Republican Party Cha ... More >>

Outspoken Lefty Actor Tim Robbins Donated Money to J.D. Hayworth Campaign; WTF?

Seen here, did Tim Robbins escape from Shawshank Prison, or realize he accidentally donated money to J.D. Hayworth? You be the judge.​For anyone who has ever seen Tim Robbins talk about, well, anything political, you probably find it hard to fathom that he would donate much more than a mean- ... More >>

John McCain and J.D. Hayworth in Dead Heat in Rasmussen Poll, but Will Foghorn Leghorn Take the Plunge?

Could J.D. eat McCain's lunch? The Rasmussen poll suggests that it's a possibility.A new Rasmussen Reports poll just out shows KFYI lip-flapper and former congressman J.D. Hayworth in a dead heat with U.S. Senator John McCain for the 2010 GOP primary nod. Hayworth is within the 4 percent margin of e ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 10, 2009

Meeting President Obama with an AR-15, plus MCSO Deputy Chief Jack MacIntyre’s Bout with the Truth

If John Shadegg Wants People to Take Him Seriously, He Should Give Drug Companies Their Money Back

The Dirty Truth about "Clean" Elections

State Rep. Russell Pearce's wacko, wing-nut contributors...

Corruption Junction

The winged wonder pecks away at Representative Rick Renzi, bemoans losses at the Repugnant, and mediates a catfight between rival risqué dance troupes

Liberal Losers

CNA's rage for censorship...

Deal Breaker

Congressman Rick Renzi and the very strange coincidence

Jesus Wouldn't Do That

Trent Franks is no fiscal conservative. And he's the worst kind of Christian.

Prisoner of War Chest

McCain should put his campaign money where his mouth is — or, at least, online

An Endowed Chair

Senator John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped make him a presidential contender. Donations from special interests that appear before his Senate Commerce Committee haven't hurt, either

Flashes

Flashes

Arizona and the Siege of the Rangers

Cheer and flag clothing on the campaign trail, 1998

Another Thing Arizona's Last In

Feds query state about abysmal voter registration among welfare applicants

THE OBJECT OF THEIR DESIRE

WOULD-BE POWER COUPLE TOM AND LINDA RAWLES WANT VOTES MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE

INTERSTATE HIGH JINKS

LAND BATTLE PITS REP. JON KYL (R-DEL WEBB CORP.) AGAINST REP. JIM BILBRAY (D-SUMMA CORP.)