Arizona’s Legislative Elections: Five Districts to Watch

As is the case with the congressional races in Arizona, not every race for Arizona’s legislative seats is competitive — just 17 of the 30 state Senate races have candidates from both major parties, and 20 of the 30 state House races have at least one Democrat and one Republican.Still,…

Arizona’s Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly

As is the case every two years, all nine of Arizona’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs, and some are closer than others.For example, if it’s 8 a.m. on Election Day, and we’re on the Secretary of State’s website trying to find the name of…

Best Arizona Political Ad of 2012?

Yesterday, our colleague Stephen Lemons put together his list of the top 10 Arizona political ads of 2012.If you’ve turned on a television set over the past several month, then you’ve probably seen several of these — over, and over, and over again, if you gaze into the TV often.See…

Maricopa County Elections Department Starting Spanish Campaign Due to Election-Date Error, Which Supervisor Wilcox Calls a “Tragedy”

The Maricopa County Elections Department released some of the details this morning about the Spanish-language campaign it’s putting on, in an effort to set the record straight for any Spanish-speaking voters who may have been confused by errors made by the department.On two occassions, people noticed that materials distributed by…

Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate Candidate, Says He’s Opposed to Budget Earmarks, But Looked the Other Way When it was Politically Convenient

Congressman Jeff Flake, who is running for U.S. Senate against former U.S. Surgeon General Rich Carmona, says he doesn’t like earmarks, which some call “pork barrel spending.” He certainly has earned a reputation for fighting against federal funding for specific projects attached to unrelated bills and routinely highlighting what he…