Sheriff Joe Arpaio apparently wants to remain Maricopa County Sheriff until he’s dead, as he declared his candidacy for the 2016 race immediately after all-but-declaring victory over Democratic candidate Paul Penzone…
Several hundred Democrats gathered inside of a Tucson Marriott conference room are still waiting to hear from U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona and other Election Night candidates. It’s about three hours past Carmona’s expected arrival, but it’s likely he’s waiting for results from all voting precincts to be posted. As…
With results in from about half of the precincts in Pinal County, voters are giving Sheriff Paul Babeu an early — and likely permanent — lead over his challengers Ty Morgan and Kevin Taylor. According to early results, Babeu, a Republican, has 32,362 votes, about 53 percent, while Democratic opponent…
Changes are coming to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, a governing panel that has become better known in the last few years because of to some serious scandals. The five-member Board currently consists of Republicans Don Stapley, Fulton Brock, Andy Kunasek, and Max Wilson and Democrat Mary Rose Wilcox…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who easily beat out his fellow Republicans in the August primary, is no doubt hoping for a repeat performance against his general Election Day challengers. He’s facing Democrat Kevin Taylor, a former sheriff’s deputy in Ohio, and Independent Ty Morgan, a former PCSO deputy. Just…
Dave Hendershott, Lisa Aubuchon, and their lawyer, Ed Moriarity, face about $210,000 in sanctions and fees stemming from a failed lawsuit related to their long fight with the county. Hendershott and Aubuchon were key players in the fight against the county launched by their bosses, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former…
U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona started Election Day in South Phoenix with Mayor Greg Stanton, rallying the troops who have been working all year to boost support for the former U.S. Surgeon General. “Volunteers for [Carmona] have been working as hard as they can to make sure that every eligible…
Three members of an Iraqi family living in Phoenix have been sentenced to probation for their various roles in the abuse of a fellow family member who refused an arranged marriage.Yusra Farhan, 50, pleaded guilty last month to unlawful imprisonment, and Mohammed Altameemi, 45, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for…
Today in news only marginally related to elections, Senator John McCain transformed from a grumpy old man to a kid on the playground in about three seconds…
As is the case with the congressional races in Arizona, not every race for Arizona’s legislative seats is competitive — just 17 of the 30 state Senate races have candidates from both major parties, and 20 of the 30 state House races have at least one Democrat and one Republican.Still,…
Erstwhile Peoria Police Sergeant Pat Shearer remains Officer Pat Shearer for posting a picture on Facebook of a bunch of kids who’d apparently just shot up a T-shirt depicting President Obama.A city spokesman says the three-member personnel board upheld the demotion, but reduced the amount of unpaid suspension from 80…
As is the case every two years, all nine of Arizona’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs, and some are closer than others.For example, if it’s 8 a.m. on Election Day, and we’re on the Secretary of State’s website trying to find the name of…
As far as I’m concerned, the only race that matters in this election is the race for Maricopa County sheriff. Don’t get me wrong, I’m pulling for Rich Carmona to top Congressman Jeff Flake in the run for U.S. Senate, and I’m praying (best as an atheist can) that President…
It’s November 6 (6 de Noviembre), which means it’s Election Day, folks.Many people already voted with the early ballots, but today’s the day that we get to find out who the winners are, and who’s going to be running the joint for the next few years…
Democrats-turned-Independents Eddie Basha of the Bashas’ grocery chain and former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson have endorsed Republican state Senator Jerry Lewis for the Legislative District 26 Senate seat, over Lewis’ Democratic foil, state Representative Ed Ableser. See also: -Liberal Democrats Tar Republican Jerry Lewis, Borrowing a Page From Extremists They…
Eric Twist, headmaster of Archway Classical Academy Veritas, issued an apology to parents for using his office, along with the school’s e-mail contact list and its office manager, to blast Proposition 204, a school funding measure. In his apology (posted in full after the jump), he wrote that he is…
We had a temporary, though intense, urge to flee the state after reading Michael Clancy’s climate-change apocalypse story in today’s Arizona Republic. Clancy’s story describes how climate change could turn Arizona from the paradise it is today into a scorched, polluted, economically challenged wasteland that swelters in winter as well…
Phoenix has been blasted by The Republic because it believes the city wrecked its chances to house a Barry Goldwater Library. There’s been considerable angst over the city not jumping on a project that bears the Goldwater name. “Phoenix’s dropped ball is now in Mesa’s hands, and Mesa deserves great…
Two years ago, a slate of five tea-party candidates ran for the non-partisan, 15-member Central Arizona Water Conservation District board with the aim of promoting limited government. Two won: Cynthia Moulton and Mark Lewis. They added to a push by conservatives begun in 2008 to add more of their numbers…
A Kingman police officer hit the club early Friday morning, but only because he was looking for the lady who locked her children in a bedroom so she could go hang out at that club.Amanda Marie Morse, a 24-year-old Kingman resident, had left her youngsters locked in the room for…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas may be a political loser, but he’s still popular with the women — of the Paradise Republican Women’s Club, anyway. The venerable Valley club has scheduled Thomas, a failed politician whose abuse of power led this year to disbarment and disgrace, to appear as guest…
A 16-year-old Chaparral High School student has been arrested in a bizarre case involving two rapes in Scottsdale.Danny Jackson’s the one accused of the rapes, and was arrested Friday — about a week after another man turned himself over to police in the case…
