A convicted child molester filed a mostly incoherent lawsuit yesterday in U.S. District Court here, seemingly asking for DNA samples from President Obama, Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.The convicted child molester is Arnold Begay, whose lawsuit is postmarked out of a low-security federal prison in North Carolina…
Religion has played an increasingly dominant — and sometimes volatile — role in politics in recent years. But what happens when religious beliefs conflict with a political party’s platform? Or when voters have to square conflicting beliefs within their own church? In this week’s feature story, Monica Alonzo dissects the…
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Although he was defeated in the primary election, Congressman Ben Quayle still has a few months left in Congress.After keeping quiet for a while after his loss in the primary, Quayle’s back in mid-season form with a reminder that he still thinks President Obama’s doing a crap job…
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Mitt Romney promised on Thursday night to put Americans back to work and help give the country the rewards it deserves. Following speeches by Clint Eastwood and others at the Republican National Convention from Tampa, Florida, Romney touted his business credentials and Mormon faith as qualities that would guide him…
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Folks, Governor Jan Brewer says President Obama is the man who should win the election in November, because she believes he’ll secure our borders, then fix the rest of this country…
Photo by Victor GonzalezCheck out the slide shows: Inside the Republican National Convention 2012 at Tampa Bay Times Forum Republican National Convention 2012 Tampa Day One: The Protesters Republican National Convention 2012 Tampa Day Two. Tampa’s rich with GOP swag this week as thousands of Republicans gather to show off…
Republican congressional candidate Gabriela Saucedo Mercer would prefer that people like Jesus Christ or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not come to the United States — “legally or illegally” — because they’re “Middle Easterners.”Those ideas came out of her mouth in an interview from a year ago, which was posted…
Cheryl Chase, a political ally of Sheriff Paul Babeu’s, grabbed the most votes in the District 2 race for the Pinal County Board of Supervisors. Republican voters chose Chase in the five-way race for that seat, giving her almost 46 percent of the vote, with her next closest competitor, John Acton,…
Republican Congressman-turned-lobbyist Matt Salmon is now a Republican nominee for Congress in Arizona’s Fifth Congressional District, after he defeated former state House Speaker Kirk Adams last night. The win all but assures him the Congressional seat in the heavily Republican district, though he will face a Democratic challenger in November…
With nearly all the votes tallied in Pinal County, Sheriff Paul Babeu easily maintained his lead among the Republican candidates, while Democrat Kevin Taylor remained the top pick in the Democratic primary. Both are headed to the November general election, along with Ty Morgan, an Independent who ran unopposed…
Republican state Senator Ron Gould will not be bringing his flat-top haircut, cowboy mustache, or his shotgun to Congress — because he’s not going.Freshman Congressman Paul Gosar will win the race fairly easily, especially since ebmattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu opted not to continue his run after he got…
As expected, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon spent millions of dollars of his own money for Congressman Jeff Flake to give him a ballot-box ass-whupping.As soon as the early ballots were counted, it was clear everyone could tuck in the kids early, because it was never close — ever…
Republican Congressman Ben Quayle’s time in Congress officially has an expiration date.Quayle broke the news to his supporters in Scottsdale at 10 p.m., announcing that he’d just conceded the primary race to fellow freshman Congressman David Schweikert…
Russell Pearce’s political career is likely toast with Bob Worsley maintaining an huge lead over the recalled state senator who was making a bid for reelection in another Arizona senate district. Kyrsten Sinema also succeeded in fending off challengers David Schapira and Andrei Cherny in Congressional District 9. And David Schweikert had a commanding lead…
Incumbent Paul Babeu had a huge lead in the Republican primary race for Pinal County sheriff, with more than 62 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results. About half of the votes had been counted. It isn’t surprising that Babeu was beating three other GOP candidates to advance to the November 6 General Election. He…
The seven-way race for Pinal County sheriff should be whitled down to three candidates tonight after election workers tally early ballots and those cast today at the polls in the primary election. The victors will square off in the November general election. Glenn Millsaps of Collidge and Kevin Taylor of…
Arizona’s “Joint Border Security Advisory Committee” is looking to start building the dang fence on the border as soon as possible.Even better, they have enough money to build about 500 feet of that fence, which would leave the committee just 199.9 miles short of its goal of 200 miles of…
