Politics & Government

Mary Rose Wilcox called Ruben Gallego before the night was over to concede the race in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. Watch the video below:…

Three of the four competitive primary elections among Arizona’s congressional districts have been decided early. Former state Representative Ruben Gallego has defeated Mary Rose Wilcox in Congressional District 7’s Democratic primary, to replace retiring Democratic Congressman Ed Pastor. While votes are still coming in, retired Air Force pilot Wendy Rogers…

Arizona Senator Steve Gallardo is leading former Phoenix Councilman Michael Johnson in the race fo ther Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. “The night is still early and not all the polling places have reported,” says a cautiously optimistic Gallardo. “However, we feel very confident that our lead will continue to…

Doug Ducey has a lock on the Republican primary race for Arizona governor, judging from early results that show him trouncing his closest contender. With about one third of voting precincts reporting statewide at 9 p.m., Ducey had 36.7 percent of the vote compared to 23 percent for former Mesa…

The crowd of Ruben Gallego supporters gathered at Club Downtown is jazzed after Gallego’s wife, Phoenix Councilwoman Kate Gallego, announced that Mary Rose Wilcox “graciously” phoned her husband and conceded the seat for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. When Gallego came on stage, his supporters chanted his name. And during his…

Below, you can find live results of today’s Arizona primary election. The first results will be posted around 8 p.m., and the Secretary of State’s office will update the live feed throughout the night…

The Reverend Jarrett Maupin has spent all day getting out the vote and offering would-be voters a ride to the polls. With just hours to go before the polls close, he’s running the Maupin motorcade throughout Arizona’s 7th Congressional District — a seat he isn’t favored to win. The reverend…

New Times reporters are all around the Phoenix area covering today’s primary election. Below, find a live Twitter feed of race results and reactions:…

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton sprinted across the crosswalk at Percy L. Julian School, a county polling site near 24th Street and Broadway Road, to talk to residents who were showing up to vote. He introduced himself and told them he was there supporting Michael Johnson, a candidate for the Maricopa…

Mmmm… the aroma of Election Day is in the air. Candidates were wiping the political mud-stains from their faces, putting on their Sunday best, and making appearances at local polls in hopes that flashing last-minute smiles will tilt the scales in their favor. Mary Rose Wilcox, candidate for Arizona’s 7th…

Today is Arizona’s primary election, and there are plenty of races to keep an eye on. Below, check out our picks of the top 10 races to watch as the results roll in tonight:…

Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton showed up this weekend at a central Phoenix union hall to help Ruben Gallego make a last-minute push in his race for U.S. Congress. Stanton hadn’t declared support for any candidate until this weekend — and he selected Gallego over the other Democratic candidates in the…

Ruben Gallego’s campaign is touting an endorsement from Jayme Valenzuela, mayor of Superior — and making sure to note that that’s Mary Rose Wilcox’s hometown. Gallego and Wilcox both are running for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District seat. Valenzuela says Gallego “has a record of honest and true public service we…

Arizona schools chief John Huppenthal is asking the federal government to pay the costs associated with educating unaccompanied immigrant minors here in what Latino activists say is brazen political posturing. At a press conference, Huppenthal released a letter he penned to Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, asking for the…

Campaign signs are the absolute worst — any claims made on them are typically irrelevant or false to a certain extent, and nobody wants the signs littering their neighborhood. Even worse, the signs seem to turn politicians and their staffers into juvenile delinquents every single election cycle, with sign theft…

It’s “Candidates Day” at North Scottsdale Christian, a conservative, non-denominational place of worship just north of Pima Road and Dynamite Boulevard, where about 60 Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican candidates have assembled on a recent Sunday to introduce themselves. The politicians are allowed to set up tables with campaign literature in…

In response to a letter-writing campaign promoted by an anti-abortion organization, Democratic congressional candidate James Woods is mailing back condoms — campaign condoms. The form-letters sent to Woods, who’s running for the Congressional District 5 seat currently occupied by Republican Congressman Matt Salmon, asked him to sign a pledge to…

The three-way race for a District 5 seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is winding down, but the candidates are not. Campaign activity is bustling with volunteers making phone calls, knocking on doors and picking up early ballots. Steve Gallardo, a former state senator who left his post…

The day before two dead immigrants were found in the trunk of a California man driving into the United States, Arizona officials rescued two Mexicans from nearly befalling a similar fate. Ryan Alitz, a 30-year-old meth addict who moved to Arizona from Iowa this year, was arrested on August 11…

It’s not a good look for Ruben Gallego, a Democratic candidate for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District rubbing elbows with a former Republican governor — and a disgraced one at that. Former Governor Fife Symington hosted a fundraiser on Thursday night for Gallego at a swanky Italian bistro in Scottsdale. On…

In the this-is-what-politics-has-come-to category, an Arizona congressional candidate has received national attention thanks to a giant horse penis. Hundreds of thousands of Internet readers from coast to coast now know the name of Arizona hotelier and rancher Gary Kiehne, a GOP candidate for Congressional District 1 — but not due…

Mary Rose Wilcox was shot in 1997 by a transient who didn’t like her politics. People say she was hit in a buttock, but she insists the wound was higher than that. Indeed, the gunman’s hollow-point bullet shattered her pelvis. It also shattered her desire to remain in public office…