The latest controversy surrounding the endorsement of ex-Congressman J.D. Hayworth by the controversial Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), now involves another Hispanic Republican group, this one with ties to Sheriff Joe Arpaio and to a blog allegedly written by a Maricopa County prosecutor.The American Post Gazette, an ultra-conservative blog linked to Andrew Thomas’ office, published…
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard wants to run as a publicly funded candidate for governor, and he claims today that he’s got everything he needs to do it.Goddard announced that he has received the 5,000 $5 donations and the 8,000 petition signatures needed to qualify as a publicly funded candidate…
William Gheen, organizer of the controversial Americans for Legal Immigration, is calling on Senator John McCain to apologize for a “smear campaign” his campaign has waged, suggesting the group has racist leanings.This is the same guy who just yesterday told New Times he has used the term “wetback” to describe Mexicans in…
The Hispanic Republican group Somos Republicans says it’s “rejecting” Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth over an endorsement he accepted from the anti-immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration.ALIPAC is a controversial organization for a few reasons: It has the support of cuddly organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and former “Grand Wizard” David Duke,…
Former state Senator Jim Waring seems to be the man to beat in the GOP primary for the district three Congressional seat but Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, might be the man to beat him — despite having no apparent campaign platform other than his last…
As the endorsement war wages between GOP Senate primary candidates John McCain and J.D. Hayworth, “The Maverick” picked up a big one today from the brother of an old, political foe.Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida and brother of “Dubya,” whom McCain feverishly battled in the 2000 presidential primary,…
Even Jared will have to take a little break from “eatin’ fresh” if he goes to the Subway sandwich shop at 1950 W. Indian School Road, thanks to a deal the store made with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office over a violation of the state’s employer-sanctions law.Danny’s Subway has agreed to…
Governor Jan Brewer’s plan to temporarily raise the sales tax by 2 percent may be headed to the polls, but both of Arizona’s U.S. senators have already made their decision: They hate it. Senators John McCain and Jon Kyl issued a joint statement this morning saying they don’t support the…
A man dubbed by New Times in a 2006 feature as the “Killer Candidate,” who beat a murder rap for shooting a woman and then ran for a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, is giving it another shot — politics, that is.Dan Coleman announced his candidacy for South Mountain justice of the peace,…
Oh, yeah, John McCain went there.Senator McCain’s campaign released a Web video today discussing his GOP primary opponent J.D. Hayworth’s connections to disgraced Washington D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff.Check the video out here.We had a feeling bringing up Jack Abramoff would create a political pissing match over which candidate has the…
The Massachusetts Republican who eeked out an unlikely victory in his own U.S. Senate election last month will be in the Valley later this week to campaign for Senator John McCain, The Maverick’s campaign announced today.Senator Scott Brown, who won the hearts of GOPers everywhere by becoming the first Republican to…
The endorsement war is waging in the epic GOP showdown between Senator John McCain and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, but there is one conservative movement that’s staying off the battlefield — for now anyways.Arizona’s four largest Tea Party groups announced today that they will not endorse either candidate in the…
Ben Quayle, son of former Vice-President Dan Quayle, who made some waves a couple of weeks ago when his father announced his candidacy for Congress on Fox News, is one of three front-runners in the Republican primary for John Shadegg’s Congressional seat.Not bad for a guy who’s never voted in a…
Tucson’s vice mayor and a potential Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, says there is a new version of John McCain, and its even crankier than before. Glassman is bashing McCain over the president’s healthcare summit in Washington D.C. that McCain attended yesterday, at the exact same time J.D. Hayworth marched into McCain’s Phoenix…
In a doofy attempt at political theater this morning, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth marched into the Phoenix campaign office of Senator John McCain to hand-deliver a note challenging Arizona’s senior senator to a series of debates as the two battle in a heated GOP primary.As far as we can tell, phone…
The race war is on, but it’s probably not the “Helter Skelter” that Charles Manson had in mind. It’s waging between Senator John McCain and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth as each candidate’s campaign staff grapples to prove that the other has more knuckle-dragging, racist supporters.Yesterday, Hayworth got the endorsement of…
On the same day the anti-illegal immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration endorsed former Congressman J.D. Hayworth in his bid to unseat Senator John McCain as the GOP candidate for Senate, the McCain campaign is calling on Hayworth to disavow the endorsement.”J.D. Hayworth’s lavish praise for the social theories of…
John McCain picked up a big-time endorsement today from one of his old political foes within the Republican party, while his primary opponent, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, countered with a big one of his own — an anti-illegal immigration group.Surprise, surprise.Mitt Romney came out in favor of McCain today, despite…
Rodney Glassman, Tucson’s vice-mayor and lone Democrat mulling a run for John McCain’s Senate seat, says he’s holding off on making his candidacy official until a budget is in place for Tucson.That’s a nice change of pace from the several state legislators who abandoned ship to seek the congressional seat being…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth picked up an endorsement today that wasn’t Joe Arpaio or Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox.The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association announced today that it would support Hayworth in his bid to try to unseat Senator John McCain in the Republican Senate primary.Hayworth cites similar stances between himself and police…
The race is on to see whom the GOP will choose as its candidate to defend the Congressional seat getting vacated by Congressman John Shadegg, and there’s a new kid in town hoping to get the nod.Phoenix attorney Paulina Morris announced her candidacy yesterday on the lawn of the Arizona House…
Two former Arizona governors jumped on board the McCain train, endorsing “The Maverick” in his bid to fend off former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, the senator’s campaign announced today.Former governors Fife Symington and Jane Dee Hull will both back McCain in this year’s Republican primary.Hull, who became governor when Symington resigned…
