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U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, statewide offices, initiatives, and - where we can - county and local. We aim to present objective information (unless labeled as "commentary") and do original reporting. Drop us an e-mail with tips/comments/questions/etc - info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com. Twitter: @AZs_Politics, phone:602-799-7025. Operated by co-founder Paul Weich. Sister site/program is ArizonasLaw.org. Want to join our team? Inquire within.http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)Blogger2282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-786980671353698884Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:15:00 +00002024-08-17T17:52:04.249-07:008/17, 5:30pm: "BREAKING UPDATE: "Cornel West WITHDRAWS Petitions To Get On Arizona November Ballot; Allegedly Forged Elector's Signature Likely Cause"Cornel West will not be on Arizona's General Election ballot. His campaign for President indirectly blamed a Republican-linked circulating company for its last-second decision to withdraw the ten boxes of petitions they had delivered to the Arizona http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2024/08/breaking-robert-f-kennedy-files-arizona.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-5426374066519693168Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:16:00 +00002024-08-15T16:55:55.677-07:00(Update, 4:30pm: Please see below for an update on Cornel West campaign.)Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris graduated from an HBCU. Now, word comes out that Arizona Democrats have put the historically first all-female Electoral College slate onto November's General Election ballot.In the other major party slot, the Arizona Republicans have gone with an all-new slate since 2020.The http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2024/08/new-historic-arizona-democrats-put.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-3703578774451303933Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:32:00 +00002024-04-12T15:32:20.075-07:00Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema continued to accept corporate PAC monies last month following her announcement that she would not seek reelection. The PAC for APS was among those contributing to a fund that could help fund her post-Senate life.Sinema announced her retirement on March 5. In the few weeks following, her leadership PAC ("Getting Stuff Done") took in $25,000 from a total of five http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2024/04/breaking-retirement-monies-kyrsten.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-7247881453704744812Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:11:00 +00002024-04-02T19:48:50.013-07:00The Arizona Republican Party confessed today to the Federal Elections Commission that they failed to report and pay rent "for multiple months" in 2023 due to their "shortage of cash-flow and donations."The unsigned filing from the AZGOP is in response to the FEC's inquiry about why "limited administrative expenses" were disclosed in the last three months of 2023.The party says the lack of paid http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2024/04/update-azgop-admits-failing-to-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-8168317935841838453Wed, 07 Feb 2024 23:43:00 +00002024-02-07T16:43:19.374-07:00There was plenty of coverage* of the new financial disclosure statement filed with the U.S. Senate by Kari Lake. And that reporting may have prompted Lake to file her (first) AMENDED statement this past weekend.Instead of owning ZenVideo, LLC as wife and husband, Lake and Jeffrey Halperin (her husband) actually own it - estimated to be worth between $100,000 to $250,000 - as part of their living http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2024/02/new-update-kari-lake-amends-financial.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-2805943297183251056Tue, 16 Jan 2024 06:00:00 +00002024-01-16T08:15:12.381-07:00A one-time Treasurer(?) for fraudster/expelled Congressman George Santos is apparently hiding from law enforcement after being accused of embezzling at least $50,000 from an Arizona Congressional candidate.Walt Blackman (R-Snowflake), who is currently running to regain a seat in the Arizona Legislature, leveled the charges in a letter filed with the Federal Election Commission ("FEC") on Sunday http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2024/01/breaking-george-santos-treasurer-hiding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-8605075084196438515Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:32:00 +00002023-11-20T08:32:50.265-07:00With the battle for the narrative of who benefits from a three-way race for Arizona's U.S. Senate seat in 2024 raging, the Republicans are launching a double-negative attack ad bank shot against presumptive Democratic nominee Ruben Gallego and incumbent-possible-independent-candidate Kyrsten Sinema. While the attacks against Sinema are predictable ("liberal Democrat"), the NRSC lobbed FALSE http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/11/fact-check-nrsc-gets-early-start.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-3056441197746506149Sun, 15 Oct 2023 23:45:00 +00002023-10-15T16:45:36.222-07:00The Arizona Republican Party received a late-September bailout from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and some of his allies. Facing a checking account balance not sufficient to cover their monthly expenses, the AZGOP received ore than $34,000 from the National Republican Senate Committee.That was made up of $20,000 from the founders of Waste Management Inc, (Dean and Rosemarie Buntrock) andhttp://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/10/new-bailed-out-azgop-covers-bills-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-2363404189041018105Fri, 14 Jul 2023 05:30:00 +00002023-07-14T07:35:47.220-07:00Arizona Rep. Eli Crane (R-CD2) drew national attention when he blurted out that his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act "has nothing to do with whether or not colored people or Black people or anybody can serve, okay."Rep. Joyce Beatty, who was handling the debate for the Democratic opposition, immediately called for the offensive term to be stricken from the record. Crane asked http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/07/watch-full-debate-of-rep-cranes-dont.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-5283357619050814155Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:18:00 +00002023-04-14T17:20:46.565-07:00Rep. Ruben Gallego raised $3.8M in the same period, after announcing that he would seek the Sinema-vacated Democratic nomination for next year's election. He now has $2.7M in the bank.Gallego quickly stepped into the void and cranked up the national fundraising machine. His expenses were more than $2M, so he only added $1.4M to the cash on hand. However, the report does send a statement to both http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/04/breaking-gallego-raises-38m-in-1st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-6078869564646332822Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:54:00 +00002023-04-14T17:10:21.384-07:00Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema was a prodigious fundraiser as a Democrat. As an Independent, she has shattered her previous fundraising PR (personal record), raking in more than $2.1M in the first three months of 2023. She also received a modest $10,000 in February from the No Labels PAC (the maximum they could give). They filed petition signatures to become a ballot-worthy political party http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/04/breaking-sinema-sets-new-fundraising-pr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-6135195077409705213Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:54:00 +00002023-02-28T14:54:32.125-07:00Democratic and Republican leaders in the Arizona State Senate met to discuss the activities in the Senate Elections Committee, weeks before Thursday's "presentation" went off the rails in pushing a vast cartel-led bribery conspiracy theory.Arizona's Politics/Arizona's Law has verified (from two different sources) the Feb. 6 meeting between Senate President Warren Petersen and Minority Leaderhttp://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/02/new-and-first-az-senate-leaders-met.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-5862965410651041477Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:26:00 +00002023-02-09T17:30:17.849-07:00Abe Hamadeh lost his 2022 election for Arizona Attorney General, and the position is not up for election again until 2026. He is continuing to contest his super-close loss to Kris Mayes, with a Motion for a New Trial pending in Superior Court.However, a new federal SuperPAC - along with a new website - will allow you to make unlimited contributions to support his quest.The "Arizona's Bold http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/02/new-and-first-hamadeh-supporter-sets-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-6775548240968751412Fri, 27 Jan 2023 22:03:00 +00002023-01-27T15:45:03.672-07:001/27, 3:30pm: "2 of AZ's 3 Democratic Reps. Vote With GOP House To Prohibit U.S. Petroleum Reserves From Going To China"Two of Arizona's 3 Democratic Congressman voted with the House GOP (and a majority of Democrats) to prohibit sales from the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from benefitting China. The largely symbolic measure passed the House today, 331-97.Reps. Ruben Gallego (D-CD3) and http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/01/lake-and-senior-advisor-lose-in-rnc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-6209303825143262493Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:38:00 +00002023-01-20T12:22:46.694-07:00(CORRECTION: This article has been re-written to reflect that Eddie Farnsworth is not a brother of current State Sen. David Farnsworth. Eddie's brother named David is the current Executive Director of the entity which purchased the Benjamin Franklin Charter Schools from Eddie. Arizona's Politics regrets any confusion resulting from the error.)Congratulations to former State Senator and Charter http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-arizona-lawmaker-secures-new-195m.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-4745912494228057157Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:31:00 +00002023-01-20T13:21:08.784-07:002024arizonacampaign financeKyrsten SinemaSenateUPDATE, 1/20, 12pm:***ORIGINAL ARTICLE, 12/15, 2:30pm: "Kyrsten Sinema Parts Ways With Longtime Democratic Campaign Compliance Firm (READ FEC Filings)"Now that Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema is no longer a Democrat, she is parting ways with her longtime Democratic compliance firm. Today's development also raises the question of whether she will have to rebuild other parts of her campaign finance http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/12/breaking-kyrsten-sinema-parts-ways-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-7654191998123889998Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:05:00 +00002022-11-21T17:05:11.009-07:00If you would like to show your appreciation for Arizona's Politics reporting, please consider donating to our pool to support OTHER journalism-related nonprofits. We welcome your comments about this post. Or, if you have something unrelated on your mind, please e-mail to info-at-arizonaspolitics-dot-com or call 602-799-7025. Thanks.http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/11/what-to-count-on-when-were-recounting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-5388231673754440710Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:06:00 +00002022-11-18T16:06:19.602-07:00Kari Lake's trip to Mar a Lago yesterday may have been for more than just schmoozing. Caroline Wren was a major fundraiser for the Jan. 6 rally, and has now popped up as the gubernatorial candidate's "Senior Advisor", and is spreading inaccurate information about last week's election.Wren was intimately involved with the planning for the Trump campaign's January 6 events in 2021, and boasted thathttp://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/11/breaking-what-could-go-wrong-caroline.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-1589323322553174018Sun, 13 Nov 2022 01:44:00 +00002022-11-12T18:44:13.754-07:00UPDATE: AZ's 2 uncalled U.S. House races are headed in different directions!CD1: Inc. R @RepDavid's slowly closing in on D @JevinHodge. Picked up 0.3% today.CD6 (Open): D Kirsten @EngelForArizona also picked up o.3% today, continuing her steady climb vs @JuanCiscomani CD1: Hodge up by 2,541 (50.4%-49.6%). Has dropped daily (50.9, 50.8, 50.8, 50.7, 50.4)CD6: Ciscomani up by 1,382 (http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/11/breaking-azs-cd6-is-now-in-recount-zone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-7278769589802973733Thu, 27 Oct 2022 23:59:00 +00002022-10-27T17:08:05.921-07:00More than $18 Million has been spent in Arizona's critical U.S. Senate race THIS WEEK alone. And, Republicans groups outspent Democrats $11.7M to $6.5M.Arizona's Politics has scoured the filings required to be filed with the Federal Elections Commission, and they demonstrate the parties' supporters kicking in big time down the stretch. (Here's our separate article on the Super PAC created to http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/10/new-big-money-and-dark-money-flood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-792412576188490367Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:59:00 +00002022-10-27T17:03:54.904-07:00The Blake Masters supporting Super PAC started by billionaire Peter Thiel has gone dark. Dark money, that is.Saving Arizona PAC received $3M earlier this month from the American Exceptionalism Institute, Inc. It was disclosed in a filing today with the Federal Election Commission, but there is no way of knowing who is funneling that money to help elect Blake Masters to the U.S.  Senate.The http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/10/breaking-peter-thiel-gives-in-kicks-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-1851686291649927152Fri, 21 Oct 2022 22:41:00 +00002022-10-21T15:52:14.228-07:00The question raised last week when Saving Arizona PAC placed a $2M ad buy to support Blake Masters in his run to unseat Senator Mark Kelly has been answered. The Winkelvoss twins, Richard Uihlein and several big tech investors have stepped in to kick in at least $4.5M.There has been much speculation about whether Masters' former employer, Peter Thiel, would continue to support the GOP nominee http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-masters-network-winkelvoss-twinsbig.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-9218475883081084896Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:01:00 +00002022-10-20T17:01:34.769-07:00As readers of Arizona's Politics and Arizona's Law might expect, I was quick to sign on to the statement issued by former Arizona journalists "IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY, THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE FOURTH ESTATE".  The effort and news conference yesterday were led by Rhonda Bannard, Steve Krafft and Marlene Galan.* It was an eloquent and non-partisan plea for people to vote in this http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/10/readwatch-former-az-journalists-unite.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-6664842889590474606Wed, 12 Oct 2022 23:03:00 +00002022-10-12T16:03:49.548-07:00The Super PAC dedicated to supporting Blake Masters' Senatorial run had been funded by his former employer, billionaire Peter Thiel. But Thiel insisted he was not adding more to the $10M he put in to help  power Masters through the primary election.And, he has kept his word, according to the Saving Arizona PAC men (or, women). So, who has put in the $5.2M that has been spent by the http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/10/breaking-watch-new-2m-ad-supporting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mitch M.)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4233152804644699171.post-3247198904821176878Thu, 29 Sep 2022 17:57:00 +00002022-09-29T10:57:08.822-07:00A new $1M digital ad buy from the Women Speak Out PAC touts GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters as one who "supports compromise" on abortion issues, and tries to portray Sen. Mark Kelly as being "extreme".The irony of an effort to erase Masters' extreme rhetoric during the contentious GOP primary is capped by the fact that the principal funder of "Women Speak Out" is Richard Uihlein. The http://arizonaspolitics.blogspot.com/2022/09/watch-blake-masters-supports-compromise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0