Democrats Kyrsten Sinema and Ann Kirkpatrick Win Contested Congressional Races

Democrat and former state lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema has kept her seat in Congress, easily besting her Republican competitor, Air Force vet Wendy Rogers. Sinema’s victory in Arizona’s CD9 flew against the prevailing winds nationally in a heavily Republican election night. So did the apparent victory of Ann Kirkpatrick in CD1…

AZ Superintendent, Secretary of State Races Closer Than Expected

Update, 8:30 a.m.: With 96.9 percent of precincts reporting, Garcia still trails Douglas by more than two points–over 25,000 votes–in the race for Superintendent. In the Secretary of State race, Reagan is ahead of Goddard by almost five points, representing almost 55,000 votes. With over 70 percent of precincts reporting,…

Pamela Geller Talk Goes On as Planned, Despite Calls for Cancellation

A Red Mountain Tea Party event headlined by notorious anti-Islamic speaker Pamela Geller went on as planned last night despite a Muslim civil-liberties organization’s call for the event’s cancellation. The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on East Valley High School in Mesa, which hosts the Red…

Andy Tobin: Obamacare Caused SB 1062

Obamacare has been blamed for a lot of things, but blaming the health care law on the passage of a supposedly anti-gay law is one we haven’t heard before. Yet, that’s what Republican Congressional Candidate Andy Tobin declared in a debate this week with Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, as the…

Does Doug Ducey Want to Eliminate the Income Tax or Not?

In the fifth and final gubernatorial debate yesterday between Republican Doug Ducey and Democrat Fred DuVal, Ducey apparently walked back on his commitment to eliminating the state’s income tax. After DuVal attacked Ducey’s plan to get rid of the income tax, Ducey replied that, “No one’s talked about eliminating the…

Doug Ducey Up 10 Percentage Points on Fred DuVal in Latest Poll

Despite three previous polls showing a virtual tie between gubernatorial candidates Fred DuVal and Doug Ducey, the latest poll puts Ducey up 10 percentage points on DuVal. This latest poll from the New York Times, CBS News, and YouGov shows 47 percent of the voters picking the Republican Ducey, and…