Not even 10 minutes into our time at J.D. Hayworth’s election night festivities — at the posh Marriott Mountain View Hotel in north Scottsdale — did we run into an old friend. We were walking down the stairs into the less-than-packed ballroom when a man passed us. We instantly said…
Rick Romley and Tom Horne seem to be two casualties of the public’s desire to stick it to illegal immigrants, as we’ve reported tonight. (NOTE: As the votes came in, Horne took the lead and later won). David Schweikert, a Republican candidate in Congressional District 5, also made illegal immigration central to…
It’s looking dismal for Romley, an honorable man who won appointment to his former post a few months ago when Andrew Thomas resigned to run for Arizona Attorney General. (Romley served as County Attorney for 16 years until he retired in 2004, sadly paving the way for Mr. Thomas–a demagogue…
Early results in the Democratic primary put Felecia Rotellini well ahead of David Lujan for state Attorney General, while a former New Times reporter pulled in decent numbers for a political novice. With early ballots and 10 percent of the votes recorded, Rotellini was winning with 47 percent of votes to…
Senator John McCain, former deputy county attorney Bill Montgomery and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas are beating their competitors as initial election results come in. The Republican primary election results are disappointing those hoping for end to the political chaos in Maricopa County. But if the leads hold, the election…
Campaign ads are horrible. Nobody wants to have their living room invaded by local politicos who want nothing more than to talk about how great they are — or how much the other guy sucks.We would argue that all political ads are awful but this primary season has been exceptional…
Primary day is finally upon us, folks, and we’re a little bummed out. The daily bickering between candidates and the cruel-but-entertaining political attacks will be coming to an end.We’ve been blessed with some fairly ugly campaigns this primary season, which have only been made better by the fact that those…
In order to give candidates equal time following our earlier post, Five Reasons to Vote for J.D. Hayworth for Senate, we thought we’d share a few things about John McCain that may be helpful to know when you go to the polls tomorrow.In our Hayworth post, we said we wouldn’t…
In a refreshing and unexpected turn, and after much reflection, we’ve come up with a list of ten reasons you should vote for Andrew Thomas for Arizona Attorney General in tomorrow’s GOP primary. Yes, you read that right. Sort of. 1. If elected, Thomas may finally be able to realize his dream of…
About half of the early ballots sent out to potential voters in Maricopa County have been returned as of this morning, election officials say. “We’re not anticipating a lower-than-normal percentage of returns,” says Mark Valenzuela, county assistant elections director. About 313,000 of the roughly 600,000 early ballots mailed to voters this election…
Congressional candidate Steve Moak has finally responded to questions posed to him last week by one of his opponents in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary.In short, Moak never disclosed a conflict of interest to the IRS when a not-for-profit anti-drug charity he founded was pushing the drug tests produced…
Here we are: It’s a day before the 10 candidates in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary will learn their fate and it seems, barring some late-round uppercut, all the big punches have been thrown.In particular, two candidates, who are arguably leading the race, have received the brunt of the…
Senator John McCain’s back-and-forth banter with “Snooki” — of Jersey Shore shame — seems to have earned him high marks as far as his digital prowess goes.In a joint study conducted by George Washington and New York universities, McCain ranks number one when it comes to his “digital IQ.”The study…
The campaign of Congressional candidate Ben Quayle continues to hound Steve Moak for answers to questions he posed to Moak in a letter. The Moak campaign continues to not answer them — yet.The questions pertain to the relationship between Moak’s anti-drug charity, NotMYkid, and a business he used to own…
With all the fun taking place in the District 3 Congressional primary, and because his campaign’s pretty much been dead-in-the-water since news of his infomercial stardom made headlines, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth’s futile attempt to become Arizona’s next senator has been pushed to the back burner in terms of things…
For the second time in just over two weeks an Arizona prison inmate has escaped from custody.Inmate Jefferey Douglas walked away from a prison work crew near Tucson yesterday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since.Meanwhile, federal authorities are combing the American northwest looking for Casslyn Welch and her fiancee/ cousin,…
Is there a bigger bomb on the horizon than the “dirty” bomb that hit Congressional candidate Ben Quayle last week?One of his opponents, Steve Moak, suggests there might be.We contacted Moak’s campaign spokesman, Jerry Cobb, today to see if Moak was planning on responding to some questions posed by Quayle…
Two Republicans running against Democrat Ed Pastor in Congressional District 4 give voters a distinct choice between moderate and extreme right-wing views on immigration. Once they get to the general election, neither Jose “Joe” Penalosa nor Janet Contreras probably stand a chance in the heavy-on-the-Dems district that encompasses parts of Phoenix, Laveen…
If you get the majority of your news about the crowded District 3 Congressional primary from the mainstream media, you probably think candidate Ben Quayle’s ties to the Scottsdale-based sleaze site “The Dirty,” has sent his poll numbers into the tank.That’s because several news outlets covering the race are citing…
The results of a poll published by the Arizona Capitol Times are making the media rounds this week.The poll focuses on the Distric 3 Congressional primary and shows a dramatic shift in numbers from a poll taken a little over month ago. According to Yellow Sheet, the Cap Times exclusive…
Since our earlier post about letters exchanged (and distributed to the media) between Congressional candidates Ben Quayle and Steve Moak, Moak’s campaign got back to us and answered some of the questions posed in Quayle’s letter.In case you missed it, Moak sent Quayle a letter bashing the 33-year-old candidate for…
jA week before he’ll learn his political fate, Senate hopeful, and former New Times columnist John Dougherty has unveiled his campaigns latest piece of political art.Dougherty’s been running political cartoons by Arizona cartoonist Tom Robertson in several Arizona newspapers, New Times included.In his latest ad, Dougherty, often billed as the…
