Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes promised improvement over 2016. It didn’t happen.

The Republican primary for Superintendent of Public Instruction is a close race.

Martha McSally pivoted to the right during her race for the open Arizona Senate seat while Kyrsten Sinema ran a centrist campaign.

Speaking to reporters after a disastrous weekend of controversy, Ward sort of apologized, then pivoted to attacking the media.

Kelli Ward appeared to mock her critics, thanking out-of-staters for increasing the reach of her Facebook page.

Meghan McCain: “Now that he is gone, the task of my lifetime is to live up to his example, his expectations, and his love.”

Filing a false or incomplete financial disclosure statement is a misdemeanor for local candidates under the Phoenix City Code.

Valenzuela resigned from the City Council in July. His campaign blamed the unpaid debt on Valenzuela’s ex-wife.

Tom Steyer: “If their reaction is to say, ‘Don’t turn Arizona into California,’ I don’t understand that argument.”

Rep. David Stringer: “Every group out there that wants amnesty and unlimited immigration is claiming that I’m a racist just for speaking the truth.”

Here are a few of the many awful commercials Arizona viewers have endured so far during the 2018 election.

Tempe found that a deputy director known as “The Godfather” and a solid waste manager created an inappropriate work environment.

Xenia Orona on Twitter: “Law and order is the smokescreen that bigots hide their hate behind.”

Rep. Paul Gosar flew business class to London to rally with members of the European far-right, and the Middle East Forum paid for his trip.

“I regret lashing out in-kind, but my professional credibility has been under attack, and I took it personally,” John Glenn said.

Employees said they’re concerned the atmosphere in the solid waste division is “being condoned from the top.”

Employees complained of a hostile work environment where a deputy director allegedly ran his division like a mafia boss.

Newly obtained records contain more allegations that Southwest Key employees preyed on immigrant minors detained in Arizona.