Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd District enters recount range as count continues
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd District enters recount range as count continues

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District narrowed to a margin of just 0.21 percentage points Friday, within the range of an automatic recount. One other key congressional primary was decided Thursday when former Arizona state Rep. Amish Shah prevailed in the Democratic primary for a district covering parts of northeastern Phoenix and three affluent suburbs. 1st District: Shah, a medical doctor who previously served in the Arizona Legislature, won the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, which includes parts of north Phoenix, Scottsdale, Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley. Senate District 1: Former state Rep. Mark Finchem, a fierce Trump loyalist, defeated incumbent state Sen. Ken Bennett for the GOP nomination in the reliably red district anchored by Prescott.

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Winner finally projected in contentious Arizona Senate contest
1 month, 1 week ago

Winner finally projected in contentious Arizona Senate contest

Raw Story  

The Arizona Senate contest between Democratic Phoenix-area Rep. Ruben Gallego and Trump-backed former news anchor Kari Lake has finally been projected for Gallego, multiple media outlets reported late Monday. Arizona was one of the most hotly contested states of the cycle, with polls at the presidential level showing a razor-thin contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald …

The diminishing path to a Democratic House majority runs through California
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The diminishing path to a Democratic House majority runs through California

Politico  

Hudson, in a Wednesday interview on Fox News, credited the party’s performance largely to President-elect Donald Trump, calling him “a net positive everywhere across the country for Republicans.” One Republican working closely on House races believes that, at worst, the party will lose only one seat, and that the GOP could pick up a seat or two. “This is a …

Arizona Senate Race: Democrat Ruben Gallego vs. Republican Kari Lake Hinged on Abortion Law
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Arizona Senate Race: Democrat Ruben Gallego vs. Republican Kari Lake Hinged on Abortion Law

Associated Press  

Arizona's Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego faces a tough re-election battle against Republican Kari Lake in the state's US Senate race. Gallego maintains a significant fundraising advantage and portrays Lake as a liar who will do and say anything to gain power. Lake focused on border security and her personal life, which angered some of her allies on the right. The …

New poll shows Gallego defeating Lake by whopping 15-point margin in Arizona Senate race
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New poll shows Gallego defeating Lake by whopping 15-point margin in Arizona Senate race

Salon  

A newly released FOX News poll has Democrat Ruben Gallego up massively in the Arizona Senate race. The poll, released on Wednesday evening, showed Gallego beating Lake by a margin of 56% to 41% in the upcoming race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. The expanded lead in the historically redder battleground states make Harris’ paths to electoral college victory even …

Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd District still close, could be headed for recount
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd District still close, could be headed for recount

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. PHOENIX — The Democratic primary in Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District still remains too close to call and could be headed for a recount. Former Phoenix City Council member Yassamin Ansari led former state lawmaker Raquel Terán by 67 votes with nearly 44,000 ballots counted as of Saturday evening. Maricopa County …

Reject the ‘extreme’ GOP and ‘MAGA weirdos’: AZ Democrats make their case to win
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reject the ‘extreme’ GOP and ‘MAGA weirdos’: AZ Democrats make their case to win

Raw Story  

Democrats in Arizona have been crystal clear about their goal in 2024: follow up on the successes of 2022, when they won all of the top statewide offices, and wrest control of the legislature in the Grand Canyon State away from Republicans for the first time in nearly 60 years. “It was another banner night for MAGA weirdos up and …

GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GOP primary voters in Arizona’s largest county oust election official who endured years of attacks

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer has fought back against death threats, almost constant harassment and streams of misinformation during his nearly four years overseeing elections in one of the nation’s most prominent political battlegrounds. In one case, the day after Richer spoke during a chaotic public meeting when county officials certified the November 2022 election results, he received …

Kari Lake wins Arizona's GOP Senate primary. She'll face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kari Lake wins Arizona's GOP Senate primary. She'll face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego

NPR  

Kari Lake wins Arizona's GOP Senate primary. She'll face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Arizonans have chosen Kari Lake, an election denying ally of former President Donald Trump, as the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in a race that could determine control of the chamber this fall, according to a race call by The Associated …

Kari Lake wins GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race, will face Gallego in November
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kari Lake wins GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race, will face Gallego in November

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Kari Lake won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to deciding Senate control. “He needs backup in Washington, D.C. And I’m going to be his backup.” The once-crowded field of Republicans looking at the Senate race …

Lauren Boebert Republican primary in Colorado’s 4th District: Why she’ll likely win—this time.
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Lauren Boebert Republican primary in Colorado’s 4th District: Why she’ll likely win—this time.

Slate  

It hasn’t been the easiest couple of years for Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert. After coming out of nowhere to nearly defeat her in 2022, Democrat Adam Frisch had announced that he would challenge her again in Colorado’s 3rd District, covering the state’s Western Slope and extending east along its southern border. Facing this tidal wave of cash, Boebert announced late …

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego begins TV ads as the Arizona US Senate race takes shape without Sinema
9 months, 1 week ago

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego begins TV ads as the Arizona US Senate race takes shape without Sinema

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. PHOENIX — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego began airing the first television ads of his U.S. Senate campaign on Tuesday as the crucial Arizona race takes shape as a one-on-one contest after incumbent Kyrsten Sinema declined to run for a second term. She’s also built a national profile among Republicans as …

Democrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount
1 year, 11 months ago

Democrat wins Arizona attorney general race after recount

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A recount of votes has confirmed Democrat Kris Mayes narrowly defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh in the Arizona attorney general’s race, one of the closest elections in state history. The highly anticipated results announced Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court are among the last in the country to come out of November’s election and solidified another victory for Democrats …

Arizona certifies 2022 election despite GOP complaints
2 years ago

Arizona certifies 2022 election despite GOP complaints

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Arizona’s top officials certified the midterm election results Monday, formalizing victories for Democrats over Republicans who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged. “Arizona had a successful election,” Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat who beat Lake in the race for governor, said before signing the certification. The race for attorney general was one of the closest …

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist
2 years, 1 month ago

Democrat wins Arizona elections post over GOP conspiracist

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Democrat Adrian Fontes won the top elections post in Arizona on Friday, defeating a Republican rival who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and who said he would not have certified Joe Biden’s win in the state. Fontes, who formerly oversaw parts of the election system in Arizona’s most populous …

Votes in Arizona and Nevada may not be fully counted until NEXT WEEK
2 years, 1 month ago

Votes in Arizona and Nevada may not be fully counted until NEXT WEEK

Daily Mail  

Votes in Arizona and Nevada may not be fully counted until next week, election officials in the two states warned. By Thursday afternoon, election workers in Arizona's largest county, Maricopa, had yet to start processing the approximately 290,000 mail-in ballots that were dropped off at polling locations on Election Day. In Nevada's Senate contest, Republican Adam Laxalt narrowly leads incumbent …

Handful of Arizona US House seats remain too early to call
2 years, 1 month ago

Handful of Arizona US House seats remain too early to call

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — A handful of U.S. House races in Arizona remained too early to call as Republicans hoped to shift the state’s 5-4 Democratic tilt by picking up two and possibly three seats. The most vulnerable Democratic incumbent is three-term U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran, whose sprawling 2nd Congressional District covers much of northeastern Arizona and dips south to the northern …

Once McCain’s party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots
2 years, 3 months ago

Once McCain’s party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Simmering discontent among a segment of Arizona Republicans over John McCain’s famous penchant for bucking his party boiled over in the winter of 2014 with the censure of the longtime U.S. senator. “Unfortunately, all these election deniers were successful here in Arizona, in a swing state,” said Bill Gates, the Republican chairman of the Maricopa County Board of …

Opinion: Arizona Republicans still backing Trump are on the wrong path
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: Arizona Republicans still backing Trump are on the wrong path

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. But instead Ward was rewarded with another term after she played an audio message of Trump personally urging Arizona GOP members to support her, saying about Ward, “I give her my complete and total …

GOP Rep. Schweikert fends off Dem challenger in Arizona 6th
4 years, 1 month ago

GOP Rep. Schweikert fends off Dem challenger in Arizona 6th

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Republican Rep. David Schweikert has survived a strong Democratic challenge to win another term representing Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. “You’re craving to get back to work, but you’re also a little anxious of will Washington D.C. still continue to be as cantankerous with Democrats in control as it was the last two years.” Schweikert said he won because …

EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona
4 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona

Associated Press  

A CLOSER LOOK AT ARIZONA State officials said Friday there are 150,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden had a.92 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump, an advantage of about 29,861 votes. “The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from Arizona as they come in,” …

Arizona Democrats target once-solidly red 6th District
4 years, 1 month ago

Arizona Democrats target once-solidly red 6th District

The Independent  

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