Mark Kelly: Time to let go of "conspiracies of the past"
2 years, 1 month ago

Mark Kelly: Time to let go of "conspiracies of the past"

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly urged Arizonans to let go of “conspiracies of the past" on Saturday, calling for unity a day after he won re-election to a crucial Senate seat. “After a long election, it can be tempting to remain focused on the things that divide us,” Kelly said in a victory speech at a Mexican restaurant in Phoenix. “But voters decide, not the media; let's count the votes.” The Associated Press declared Kelly the winner late Friday after the release of results from 75,000 ballots in Maricopa County made clear Masters could not make up his deficit. Hours earlier, Masters said on Fox News that Maricopa County, by far the largest in the state, should stop counting ballots and start over because election officials had inadvertently mixed counted and uncounted ballots.

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Kari Lake urged to get off the stage at Arizona Trump rally: ‘Wrap asap’
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Kari Lake urged to get off the stage at Arizona Trump rally: ‘Wrap asap’

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Kamala Harris’s VP hopeful Mark Kelly fuels speculation he’s out of the running with cryptic X post – before deleting it
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kamala Harris’s VP hopeful Mark Kelly fuels speculation he’s out of the running with cryptic X post – before deleting it

The Independent  

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Why Arizona’s Mark Kelly could end up being Kamala Harris’s response to JD Vance
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Arizona’s Mark Kelly could end up being Kamala Harris’s response to JD Vance

The Independent  

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Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense
9 months ago

Arizona expects to be back at the center of election attacks. Its top officials are going on offense

The Independent  

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Kari Lake headed to trial on last remaining claim in suit over loss in Arizona governor’s race
1 year, 7 months ago

Kari Lake headed to trial on last remaining claim in suit over loss in Arizona governor’s race

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a bid by election officials to throw out the last remaining election misconduct claim by Kari Lake, the 2022 Republican candidate for Arizona governor, setting up a three-day trial over the former TV anchor’s challenge of her defeat to Democrat Katie Hobbs. In a ruling issued Monday night, Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson …

Arizona county’s new elections head shared voter fraud memes
1 year, 7 months ago

Arizona county’s new elections head shared voter fraud memes

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county where leaders have embraced voting machine conspiracies on Tuesday hired an elections director who has promoted the false claims that voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump reelection in 2020. The two Republicans on the three-member Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to hire Bob Bartelsmeyer, who shared memes on his personal Facebook page …

Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican Former Arizona AG Sat On Records Refuting Trump Election Fraud Claims

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and …

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud
1 year, 10 months ago

Former Arizona AG sat on records refuting 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who concluded there was no basis for allegations that the 2020 election was marred by widespread fraud, according to documents released Wednesday by his successor. Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes, who took office last month, said the records show the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by election …

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona
1 year, 10 months ago

Republican losses fan election conspiracies in rural Arizona

Associated Press  

BISBEE, Ariz. — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city. Stevens was prepared to oversee Cochise County’s hand count when Marra objected last year, and only stopped once a judge ruled that it violated state law. “Recorder Stevens has proven he’s part of the crazy conspiracy crowd,” said Jennifer Druckman, a retiree who was one of …

Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims
1 year, 10 months ago

Lawsuit is latest evidence of bogus ‘stolen election’ claims

Associated Press  

Two years after former President Donald Trump’s false claims about widespread election fraud sparked an attack on the U.S. Capitol, more evidence is piling up that those who spread the misinformation knew it was false. The latest revelation that people spreading Trump’s false claims knew there was no evidence to support them comes from a court filing in a defamation …

Kari Lake criminal referral sent to Arizona AG from secretary of state
1 year, 10 months ago

Kari Lake criminal referral sent to Arizona AG from secretary of state

Raw Story  

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake was referred to the Arizona attorney general for investigation on Monday afternoon. According to the referral, which came from Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Lake violated state law by tweeting out copies of voter signatures in her tweets. Lake's tweet that is being targeted by the secretary claims that the GOP-led Senate confirmed that …

Trump Acolyte Kari Lake Loses Suit Over Her Defeat in Arizona Govenor's Race
1 year, 11 months ago

Trump Acolyte Kari Lake Loses Suit Over Her Defeat in Arizona Govenor's Race

News 18  

An Arizona judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Republican candidate Kari Lake, a Donald Trump loyalist who sought to overturn her unsuccessful bid to become the southwestern state’s governor. The court found no “clear and convincing evidence of misconduct” that would have impacted the outcome of the November election as Lake alleged, Judge Peter Thompson said in his …

Republican Kari Lake declares herself a victim of 'clowns running a circus of elections' in a 'shady and shoddy way'
2 years ago

Republican Kari Lake declares herself a victim of 'clowns running a circus of elections' in a 'shady and shoddy way'

Raw Story  

Failed Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake complained on Wednesday that the election which she lost to Arizona's Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was overseen by "clowns" and that she will fight the results in court. "As you saw earlier this week, some of the – I call them clowns – running our circus of elections actually certified the …

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order
2 years ago

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A rural Arizona county certified its midterm election results on Thursday, following the orders of a judge who ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this week’s deadline. Two Republicans on Cochise County’s three-member board of supervisors balked for weeks about certifying the election, even as the …

Mark Kelly pulls off victory in Arizona Senate race as Democrats inch to majority
2 years, 1 month ago

Mark Kelly pulls off victory in Arizona Senate race as Democrats inch to majority

The Independent  

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Why the AP called the Arizona Senate race for Mark Kelly
2 years, 1 month ago

Why the AP called the Arizona Senate race for Mark Kelly

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released by officials in Arizona’s biggest county. The Republican challenger was significantly outpacing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly only in a small number of vote batches coming in from Maricopa County; in nearly all other cases, Kelly had a slight …

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania
2 years, 1 month ago

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

The video on Fox News showed a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots before they were given to voters. “Spread to normies.” It’s an example of Election Day misinformation that reveals how misleading claims emerge and travel, and how innocent events can be spun into the latest viral election hoax. Maricopa County remained the epicenter of election misinformation Wednesday after problems …

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona
2 years, 1 month ago

Republicans Cry Conspiracy Over Ballot Printing Error In Arizona

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Early Tuesday morning, Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist with close ties to the Trump family, shared a video of a poll worker in conservative Anthem, Arizona, announcing to a line of waiting voters that one of the polling place’s two tabulators was broken. “It could be a printer issue, or it could be the tabulator itself,” …

The most worrisome election this cycle is Arizona’s secretary of state race.
2 years, 1 month ago

The most worrisome election this cycle is Arizona’s secretary of state race.

Slate  

Less than one week before Election Day, former President Barack Obama—not generally considered one to spread sky-is-falling resistance grift—nonetheless issued a dire warning while campaigning in Arizona. He was also one of the leading figures to endorse last year’s misbegotten Arizona election audit that attempted to discredit the results of the 2020 race. National Republican figures like Liz Cheney and …

Arizona's Mark Finchem is the latest in a wave of election deniers moving toward controlling elections
2 years, 4 months ago

Arizona's Mark Finchem is the latest in a wave of election deniers moving toward controlling elections

Raw Story  

Mark Finchem, an Arizona state representative who has said he would not have certified the 2020 election, has won the Republican primary for secretary of state, making him the latest election denier to move closer to controlling his state’s election system. He’s told voters not to put mail mallets in “Zuckerboxes,” claiming they are part of the “Democrat fraud machine.” …

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona
2 years, 4 months ago

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona

NPR  

Maricopa County leaders keep pushing back against election denialism in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images For the last two years, Arizona has been a hive of election denialism. State Senate Republicans spearheaded a deeply flawed review of the 2020 vote in Arizona's largest county, keeping Maricopa County in the …

Maricopa GOP leaders call out Arizona attorney general for stolen election lies
2 years, 7 months ago

Maricopa GOP leaders call out Arizona attorney general for stolen election lies

Raw Story  

Unlike many Republican candidates who are mimicking Donald Trump’s claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, or who initially rejected Trump’s claims but are now flirting with conspiracy theorists, Maricopa County’s top elected Republicans have lambasted Arizona’s attorney general, Republican Mark Brnovich, for lying about the 2020 election. “All branches of government in this state must come together to …

Arizona AG letter offers no proof of 2020 election fraud
2 years, 8 months ago

Arizona AG letter offers no proof of 2020 election fraud

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Republican attorney general issued an interim report Wednesday on his review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County that outlined his concerns with some election procedures but did not provide proof of any major issues despite six months of investigation. The former president has vented repeatedly about the pace of Brnovich’s review of the 2020 election and …

What’s wrong with Arizona’s 2020 audit? A lot, experts say
3 years, 4 months ago

What’s wrong with Arizona’s 2020 audit? A lot, experts say

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A cybersecurity firm plucked from relative obscurity to conduct an unprecedented review of ballots in Arizona’s largest country is readying to present its findings to Republican lawmakers. Republicans in the state Senate launched the review of the county ballots in April in an effort to find irregularities that could support former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a …

Arizona secretary of state calls for investigation of Trump, Giuliani, state GOP chair over election interference
3 years, 5 months ago

Arizona secretary of state calls for investigation of Trump, Giuliani, state GOP chair over election interference

The Independent  

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Inside Arizona’s election audit, Republican fraud fantasies live on
3 years, 7 months ago

Inside Arizona’s election audit, Republican fraud fantasies live on

LA Times  

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contract workers in Phoenix. This is Arizona’s extraordinary, partisan audit of the 2020 election results in the state’s most populous county — ground zero for former President Trump and a legion of his supporters who have refused to accept his loss in Arizona or in other …

Arizona’s Mark Kelly is sworn as newest Democratic senator, narrowing GOP edge
4 years ago

Arizona’s Mark Kelly is sworn as newest Democratic senator, narrowing GOP edge

LA Times  

New Sen. Mark Kelly, with his wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at his side, reenacts his swearing-in Wednesday by Vice President Mike Pence in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington. Democrat Mark Kelly was sworn in as Arizona’s newest U.S. senator on Wednesday, narrowing Republican control of the chamber and underscoring his state’s shift from red to …

Senator-elect Mark Kelly names team, in temporary DC office
4 years, 1 month ago

Senator-elect Mark Kelly names team, in temporary DC office

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrat Mark Kelly has been assigned temporary office space in Washington and has named a transition team as he awaits formal swearing in as a U.S. senator representing Arizona. Kelly won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain, riding Arizona’s changing electorate to flip a Republican Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP. …

Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona
4 years, 1 month ago

Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrat Mark Kelly won the Arizona Senate seat once held by John McCain, riding Arizona’s changing electorate to flip a Republican Senate seat in a state long dominated by the GOP. Arizona will send two Democrats to the Senate for the first time in nearly 70 years when Kelly joins Kyrsten Sinema in Washington. “My top priority is …

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