U.S. Senate

After Election Day, AZ's Far Right Now Has a Fight on Its Hands

Richard Carmona Fares Better Than President Obama, but Jeff Flake Will Be Senator

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona pulled in more votes in Arizona than President Barack Obama, but that still left the former U.S. Surgeon General more than 80,000 votes behind Republican Congressman Jeff Flake.Flake will be replacing fellow Republican Jon Kyl in the Senate, as Kyl's ... More >>

Maricopa County's Number of Remaining Ballots Unknown; Activists Urge Penzone, Carmona, to Retract Concessions

The Maricopa County Elections Department has given a straight answer about the number of ballots that still haven't been counted as of noon on the day after the election: they don't know.Citizens for a Better Arizona activists went to the elections office today to get a clear number, as media report ... More >>

Richard Carmona, U.S. Senate Candidate, Trailing Congressman Jeff Flake, According to Early Results

Several hundred Democrats gathered inside of a Tucson Marriott conference room are still waiting to hear from U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona and other Election Night candidates. It's about three hours past Carmona's expected arrival, but it's likely he's waiting for results from all voting ... More >>

Libertarian Marc Victor, of All People, Targeted in Arizona Senate Race by Wealthy Super PAC

One of the biggest "Super PACs" in the nation is focusing part of its cash on the U.S. Senate Race that will undoubtedly be won by Democrat Richard Carmona or Republican Jeff Flake.However, the Ending Spending Fund -- which has spent $9 million in races this year, the 10th-most of any Super PAC in t ... More >>

How Many Richard Carmona and Jeff Flake Ads Did You Encounter This Weekend?

If you spent this weekend within civilization, there's probably a good chance you were exposed to an advertisement for U.S. Senate candidates Richard Carmona and Jeff Flake.Maybe you opened your mailbox, or maybe you got a robo-call from Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan -- for Romney's "good friend," Flake ... More >>

Democrat Rich Carmona Races Toward the U.S. Senate

Bill Clinton To Rally for Rich Carmona in Tempe

A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU's Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That's when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fellow Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona. See also: -Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio, If He Tur ... More >>

Congressman Jeff Flake, Running for U.S. Senate, Dodging Political Debates Against Opponent Richard Carmona?

Congressman Jeff Flake, a longtime politician in a close race for the U.S. Senate against Richard Carmona, a former U.S. Surgeon General, has only agreed to participate in a single debate against his opponent.   So far, anyway. See also: Jeff Flake-Foe Rich Carmona on Taxes, the Defi ... More >>

Jeff Flake-Foe Rich Carmona on Taxes, the Deficit, and Immigration

Democrat for U.S. Senate Rich Carmona speaking to supporters on Saturday Former U.S. Surgeon General Rich Carmona, the Democrat currently locked in a neck-and-neck race with Republican Congressman Jeff Flake for Jon Kyl's U.S. Senate Seat, paid a visit Saturday to a Tempe field office for a Q and A ... More >>

Chandler Attorney Helps Client Beat 83-pound Weed Charge, Announces Run for U.S. Senate

A Chandler defense lawyer who helped his client beat a serious marijuana charge says he probably will run for Republican Jon Kyl's soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat, running as a Libertarian.   On July 2, attorney Marc J. Victor's client, 53-year-old, Maria Carillo-Tremillo was foun ... More >>

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

Richard Carmona Interview at Dems State Meeting in Tucson

Carmona talks immigration, foreign policy and women's issues with Gilman and IAbove is a video of an interview videographer Dennis Gilman and I did with former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, now a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The interview took place at the state Democrats' winter meeting i ... More >>

Can Dems Take Senate Seat From Congressman Jeff Flake?

www.politicalhumor.com​A Democrat hasn't held a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since 1995, but a recent poll suggests that the seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl is within reach for Arizona lefties.According to the pollsters at the left-leaning Public Policy Polling, Republican Congress ... More >>

Village Voice Media Asks for Your Support of Senate Bill 596

Don Bivens, Former Democratic Party Chief, Announces Senate Candidacy

www.wikipedia.org Don Bivens is running for Senate.​Don Bivens, the former chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party, made it official this morning: he's running for the United States Senate.Bivens, a Phoenix-based attorney, announced on his campaign website this morning that he'll seek the Democra ... More >>

DREAM Act Reintroduced as Democrats Continue Kabuki Courtship of Latinos

Cleveland.comDREAM On.​Illinois Senator Richard Durbin will re-introduce the DREAM Act later this morning. Durbin's move is the second step in the Democratic Party's kabuki courtship of Latino voters ahead of the 2012 elections, which began with Barack Obama's bogus immigration speech yesterday. ... More >>

Terry Goddard Leads Dems in Hypothetical, Gabrielle Giffords-Less Senate Race, Poll Finds

Bad news, Democrats: without Gabrielle Giffords, this guy is your best shot at winning a U.S. Senate seat.​Assuming Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords doesn't miraculously run for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is the most popular am ... More >>

Congressman Trent Franks Won't Run for Senate. God Apparently Changed His Mind

Congressman Trent Franks is a no-go for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.​God, apparently, is a little indecisive.Despite having indicated earlier in the week that he would announce his plans to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl on Saturday, Congressman Trent ... More >>

Congressman Trent Franks Won't Run for Senate. God Apparently Changes Mind

Congressman Trent Franks is a no-go for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.​God, apparently, is a little indecisive.Despite having indicated earlier in the week that he would announce his plans to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl on Saturday, Congressman Trent ... More >>

Janet Napolitano No-Go on Senate Run; Wants to Focus on Border Security

Janet Napolitano says she's more interested in "protecting the American people from terrorism" than running for Senate.​Former Arizona governor and current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that she will not seek the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Napolitan ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Says He's Mulling Run for U.S. Senate -- We Say He's Full of S**t

There's no chance in hell that Joe Arpaio runs for U.S. Senate. You heard it here first.​Maricopa County's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America," Joe Arpaio, says he's considering running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.That said, New Times guaran-damn-tees he won ... More >>

DREAM Act Demise: Republicans, the Enemies of Christmas

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski: Living proof that not all GOPer hate LatinosI've always wondered who the Republicans hate more: Latinos or gays?Now that the DREAM Act has failed a cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, while the effort to end Don't Ask Don't Tell succeeded, I guess we know.Naturally, I'm m ... More >>

John McCain vs. DREAM Act, Pt.2: Passes House, Senate Vote Today

Dream a little DREAM with me...The haters were defeated in the U.S. House yesterday, and the DREAM Act passed 216-198.Today, the fight goes to the U.S. Senate, where the Republicans threaten a filibuster, and the Dems lack the 60 votes to invoke cloture.I say, let them filibuster. Call their bluff. ... More >>

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Some Races Appear Done as Votes Trickle In; No, We're Not Going Out on a Limb

​ We feel confident enough at 9:30 p.m. to call a few of the bigger races tonight, even with  lots of precincts still counting ballots. Jan Brewer over Terry Goddard, Governor John McCain over Rodney Glassman, U.S. Senate Trent Franks over John Thrasher, Congressional District 2 E ... More >>

Rodney Glassman's Latest Campaign Video is Embarrassing Watch; Complete With Rodney Singing Arizona Version of "Sweet Home Alabama" and Dancing Like Forest Gump

We thought John McCain's "Danged Fence" ad was the worst campaign video we'd ever seen. Then we saw this.​U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman should stick to arid land resource sciences because any hopes of a singing career -- or a career in the Senate, for that matter -- were probably destroyed ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should Congress Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell?"

​Senator John McCain led the charge in the United States Senate to put an end to the debate to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.Democrats fell just four votes short of moving the bill along in the Senate following a filibuster led by McCain.President Obama vowed in his state of ... More >>

Military's Gays to Remain in Closet -- Compliments of John McCain

"The Maverick"​The United States military will continue to follow the policy that it's OK to risk your life serving in the armed forces on the condition that you keep it to yourself if you're attracted to someone of the same sex.Gay soldiers will remain closeted by the federal gove ... More >>

John Dougherty, Other Wannabes for U.S. Senate to Debate Tonight

Our former colleague John Dougherty and the other three aspiring Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate are set to debate tonight up at Paradise Valley Community College.   ​The scheduled two-hour session (7-9 p.m.) will be held at the school's Center for the Performing Arts, and ... More >>

John Dougherty at Sail Inn

U.S. Senate Candidate John Dougherty to Contribute to Huffington Post During Campaign

U.S. Senate hopeful John Dougherty​We got word yesterday that as U.S. Senate hopeful Rodney Glassman hits the campaign trail with his snazzy, new, Arizona flag lapel pin, one of his opponents in the Democratic primary will be contributing to the Huffington Post.  U.S. Senate candidate, ... More >>

April 7 In Blogs: Glenn Beck, Insane Clown Posse, Okonomiyaki, and Rodney Glassman

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Glenn Beck Invades Glendale on God Tour, Would Thomas Jefferson Have Approved? David Cav ... More >>

McCain Tells Former D-Backs Pitcher Schilling to Run For Massachusetts Senate Seat

www.phoenix.fanster.com Former D-back Curt Schilling​ Arizona's very own maverick, Senator John McCain, is telling a former Arizona icon to hang up his bloody sock, and join him in the United States Senate.McCain also told Sara Palin to run for vice-president, and I think we all know how t ... More >>

Buffalo Rick's sinister scribblings against U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn O. Silver.

Racist Daisy-Chain

The Wild Turkey calls the guv a coward, outs Republican white supremacists, and searches for Dennis Wilenchik’s lost subpoenas

Redneck Touchdown

The belligerent buzzard performs a postmortem on the latest immigration battles, denounces attorney Dennis Wilenchik's hypocrisy, and chases after Mayor Phil "Goober" Gordon

Spineless! Governor Janet Napolitano wussies out on employer sanction bill for lack of political cover.

Tearing Down the House

Arizona legislators want to slash state spending. Well, how about some real House cleaning?

What's My Line?

Reformers have a once-in-a-decade chance to take redistricting out of the hands of legislators. Can it pass? Will it work?

Letters

Arizona and the Siege of the Rangers

Cheer and flag clothing on the campaign trail, 1998

INSIDE INFORMATIONDEFEATED ARIZONA POL CREATES NATIONAL VOTER DATA CENTER

FEELING GOOD ABOUT STIRRING THINGS UP

BLAND AMBITION

HE'S RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE ADS AN OUTSIDER, A BORING STRAIGHT ARROW WITH THE COMMON TOUCH.

PIERCING THE CLASS CEILING

FOR DECONCINI, POLITICS WAS AN ENRICHING EXPERIENCE

For Sale: One War Hero

Right Time for Sargent?

Look out, McCain. There's a woman after you.