To the casual observer, Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert may seem like the same dude.They’re both freshman in the House, and they’ve voted the same in 94 percent of the 1,146 roll call votes they both voted on.They’re both running for the Republican nomination in Arizona’s Sixth Congressional District,…
Paradise Valley Councilman Vernon Parker is making it official today that he’s entering the race for Arizona’s newly formed Ninth Congressional District.Since Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert seem intent on running against each other in the primary for CD6, the primary in CD9’s pretty much wide open for any…
New York Senator Charles Schumer has been trying to get Governor Jan Brewer to show up to his Senate subcommittee hearing on immigration in April, and gave the governor a few general questions that would be asked.The governor’s spokesman has said on a few occasions that Brewer isn’t planning on…
State Senator Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, says he’s “suspicious” that funds may have been misappropriated from another foundation run by corrupt former lawmaker Richard Miranda. Miranda, a Democrat from Tolleson who resigned abruptly on February 16 after 13 years in the Arizona Legislature, pleaded guilty March 14 to stealing $144,577 from…
Pedro Reyes-Lopez, who was arrested by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over the weekend for allegedly hosting a cockfighting party — then rearrested on a first-degree murder charge Tuesday by Phoenix police — may have also been known as your child’s crossing guard.ABC15 got the scoop, but a district official…
Republican state Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges are still trying to keep Americans they somehow believe are Kenyans — well, at least one — from being on the state’s ballot in presidential elections.Last year, a “birther” bill was approved by the Legislature and passed on to Governor Jan…
The Arizona Legislature is moving ahead with a bill that aims to take the state’s federal lands and give them to the people of Arizona, despite exactly zero chance such a plan could work.If the nation isn’t laughing at Arizona, state lawmakers obviously wouldn’t be happy.Not content to be the…
Wil Cardon has been trailing Congressman Jeff Flake by a consistent near-50 point margin in the GOP Senate primary, and his latest ad can be placed on that campaign mantel next to his poll results.Someone misspelled “Tucson” in the ad that’s hitting TV tomorrow.It’s since been corrected, but we’re hardly…
Even as Phil Gordon, former Phoenix mayor, fades into the political background, his one-time gal pal, Elissa Mullany, has injected herself back into the public eye. She wrote a letter to Phoenix taxpayers that appeared in the Arizona Republic on Monday to bring them “up to date on what’s been…
Ousted state Senate President Russell Pearce is actually going to defend Senate Bill 1070 before a US Senate Subcommittee in April.The spokesman for New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer just sent the information over, saying Pearce will answer questions before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration the day before the Supreme…
The Arizona Senate is currently considering a bill — which has already been passed by the House — that would keep all of the existing prescription drug coverage you’re getting through your employer or health insurance company… if you’re a dude.If you’re a woman, and Jesus or a similar figure…
Well, Tempe police aren’t suspecting “the Left” or blog commenters are responsible for the vandalism at Congressional Candidate Wendy Rogers’ house on Saturday.Nor did police mention that they “recommended they investigate because of the coincidental timing of this attack with Rogers’ campaign announcement amid the backdrop of recent history of…
The Southern Poverty Law Center rolled out with its new round of “hate group” labels, adding the Arizona chapter of the charity/religious advocacy group United Families International to the list for being “anti-gay.”Republican state Representative Andy Biggs is the former policy adviser to the group, and his wife Cindy Biggs…
Yesterday, the campaign for Republican Congressional candidate Wendy Rogers announced her house was vandalized the day she announced her candidacy, and one of her campaign staffers thinks “the Left” might have something to do with it.The campaign for Rogers — who’s running in the newly formed Ninth District — noted…
Republican Congressional candidate Wendy Rogers says her house was vandalized the day she announced her candidacy, and one of her campaign staffers thinks “the Left” might have something to do with it.An email from the Rogers campaign says her Tempe home was vandalized on Saturday night, about 12 hours after…
Since being fired as state Republican Party executive director last summer, Brett Mecum has found work as a political consultant and is helping out on state Senator Frank Antenori’s Congressional bid.Antenori’s one of several Republicans seeking to fill the seat left vacant by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from…
Democratic Congressman Jim Himes’ observation that Congressman Ben Quayle’s being credited for a bill very similar to his own has people getting testy.Quayle’s office tells New Times that Himes’ accusation is “ridiculous,” meanwhile, Congressman Barney Frank lost his speaking privileges for the day on the House floor while getting heated…
With the blessing of the Obama administration, Republican congressmen are proud to announce the parts they contributed to the GOP’s Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, including Arizona Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert.Problem is, a Democratic congressman from Connecticut says a bill in the package with Quayle’s name stamped…
If you’re a Washington Democrat, Republican, or just a “self-styled do-gooder,” Governor Jan Brewer says you’re not helping solve the illegal immigration problem.Brewer was the keynote speaker at the Border Security Conference and Expo in Phoenix yesterday, where companies were showing off products to be used in securing the border,…
The Phoenix human rights group Puente is planning a press conference and rally for Friday, March 9, to protest the Phoenix Police Department’s current operations order on immigration enforcement, which allows crime victims and witnesses to be questioned about their immigration status.The operations order was last revised in October of…
Republican Wendy Rogers — who lost her bid for a State Senate seat in 2010 — made it official today that she’s joining the Congressional race in Arizona’s newly formed Ninth District.Rogers joins what’s becoming an increasingly populated field of candidates, which already includes Republicans Don Stapley, Travis Grantham, and…
New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer sent a letter to Governor Jan Brewer last week, asking her to give testimony before his Senate Subcommittee on Immigration about Senate Bill 1070. Schumer’s office said the point of Brewer’s testimony would be “to hear whether she still believes the law to be…
