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Campaigns, election administration, polling, and the road to November.
Elections
Far-right state lawmaker and election attorney Alexander Kolodin, who has backed President Donald Trump’s evidence-free election fraud claims, won the GOP nomination for Arizona secretary of state He defeated Gina Swoboda, the former Arizona Republican Party chairwoman and a veteran election administrator who...
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U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs trounced his chief opponent, fellow Congressman David Schweikert, in the Republican primary for Arizona governor on Tuesday. Biggs, who is endorsed by President Donald Trump, had such a massive lead in the early election night results that the Associated Press called the race for him just as...
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Arizona's GOP treasurer primary turned sharply personal heading into Tuesday's vote. The barbs mask a core question with real stakes for taxpayers: who sets the state's risk posture and who actually runs the shop day to day.
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Perennial Republican candidate Neil DeSanti was indicted earlier this month for falsely registering to vote and illegally voting, both felonies, because he never had his right to vote restored after pleading guilty to multiple felonies in 2010. DeSanti currently serves as a Republican precinct committeeman in his...
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A national warning about mass voter challenges, an open-seat fight in LD7, and a federal H-1B crackdown are converging on Arizona's ledgers. The costs will show up in paperwork, timelines, and outcomes that can be measured.
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They could send Cook, Ingle, or Costanzo for one or both seats
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WASHINGTON — Mass voter challenges are likely to occur in the 2026 midterm elections, the Brennan Center for Justice warned Tuesday, with the potential to “undermine the democratic process.” President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been laying the groundwork for questioning the election process in state...
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LD27's GOP Senate primary has become a referendum on automated license plate readers. With no statewide rules in place, the Payne, Kern split will shape whether Arizona imposes guardrails or rejects expanded surveillance at the Capitol.
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This election year has already produced multiple examples of AI campaign content — some labeled, some not. The post State AI deepfake laws face first big test in 2026 midterm elections first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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A voter drops his ballot into a drop box at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (Photo by Samad Khan/Cronkite News) Follow...
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The Arizona primary election is today, and the winners will advance to the November ballot, where Democrats hope that a historically unpopular Donald Trump will allow them to retain control of key statewide offices in the Grand Canyon State. All registered voters in the state, even those not registered with a...
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The Goldwater Institute is attempting to convince a court to block the “Protect Education, Accountability Now Act” from the November ballot by disqualifying tens of thousands of voter signatures supporting it. The citizens initiative, headed by public schools advocacy organization, Save Our Schools Arizona, turned...
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Voters still hoping to cast ballots in Tuesday’s primary election still have plenty of time to do so. The post How to vote in Arizona’s primary on Tuesday: A last-minute guide first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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The Biggs-Schweikert primary is really an argument about whether Arizona Republicans can turn intensity into a statewide majority.
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Imagine if the Arizona Department of Transportation decided where to build a new highway based on a confidential straw poll instead of a traffic study. The post Arizona should not manage wild horses by straw poll first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
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WASHINGTON — In the wake of two fatal shootings in Texas and Maine, U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers will wear “at least one body camera” during traffic stops, Tom Homan, the president’s border czar, said over the weekend. Homan, who President Donald Trump has tasked with leading his mass...
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Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) becomes focal point of race
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A company that runs mobile home parks throughout the United States is backing Senate President Warren Petersen to be the next Arizona attorney general after running afoul of the current officeholder. The post Campaign finance roundup: Firm sued by Arizona AG funnels $600K to PAC backing Petersen first appeared on...
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BallotBot may help voters, but an official AI assistant should come with public testing, visible limits, and post-election performance data.
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The amount of money at play in the race for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction has far eclipsed previous cycles.
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Sheriff Jerry Sheridan says he did not know LD10 candidate Ciara Anderson had a Bad Conduct Discharge when he endorsed her.
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Arizona Mirror reports the BoaVida Group, sued by AG Kris Mayes after heat-wave outages, is now the largest donor to a PAC backing Warren Petersen for AG.
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A report that ICE agents have shot at 22 people this term, most during traffic stops, raises immediate questions for Arizona about cooperation, oversight, and basic transparency.
