About half of the early ballots sent out to potential voters in Maricopa County have been returned as of this morning, election officials say. “We’re not anticipating a lower-than-normal percentage of returns,” says Mark Valenzuela, county assistant elections director. About 313,000 of the roughly 600,000 early ballots mailed to voters this election…
Congressional candidate Steve Moak has finally responded to questions posed to him last week by one of his opponents in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary.In short, Moak never disclosed a conflict of interest to the IRS when a not-for-profit anti-drug charity he founded was pushing the drug tests produced…
Here we are: It’s a day before the 10 candidates in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary will learn their fate and it seems, barring some late-round uppercut, all the big punches have been thrown.In particular, two candidates, who are arguably leading the race, have received the brunt of the…
Senator John McCain’s back-and-forth banter with “Snooki” — of Jersey Shore shame — seems to have earned him high marks as far as his digital prowess goes.In a joint study conducted by George Washington and New York universities, McCain ranks number one when it comes to his “digital IQ.”The study…
The campaign of Congressional candidate Ben Quayle continues to hound Steve Moak for answers to questions he posed to Moak in a letter. The Moak campaign continues to not answer them — yet.The questions pertain to the relationship between Moak’s anti-drug charity, NotMYkid, and a business he used to own…
With all the fun taking place in the District 3 Congressional primary, and because his campaign’s pretty much been dead-in-the-water since news of his infomercial stardom made headlines, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth’s futile attempt to become Arizona’s next senator has been pushed to the back burner in terms of things…
For the second time in just over two weeks an Arizona prison inmate has escaped from custody.Inmate Jefferey Douglas walked away from a prison work crew near Tucson yesterday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since.Meanwhile, federal authorities are combing the American northwest looking for Casslyn Welch and her fiancee/ cousin,…
Is there a bigger bomb on the horizon than the “dirty” bomb that hit Congressional candidate Ben Quayle last week?One of his opponents, Steve Moak, suggests there might be.We contacted Moak’s campaign spokesman, Jerry Cobb, today to see if Moak was planning on responding to some questions posed by Quayle…
Two Republicans running against Democrat Ed Pastor in Congressional District 4 give voters a distinct choice between moderate and extreme right-wing views on immigration. Once they get to the general election, neither Jose “Joe” Penalosa nor Janet Contreras probably stand a chance in the heavy-on-the-Dems district that encompasses parts of Phoenix, Laveen…
If you get the majority of your news about the crowded District 3 Congressional primary from the mainstream media, you probably think candidate Ben Quayle’s ties to the Scottsdale-based sleaze site “The Dirty,” has sent his poll numbers into the tank.That’s because several news outlets covering the race are citing…
The results of a poll published by the Arizona Capitol Times are making the media rounds this week.The poll focuses on the Distric 3 Congressional primary and shows a dramatic shift in numbers from a poll taken a little over month ago. According to Yellow Sheet, the Cap Times exclusive…
Since our earlier post about letters exchanged (and distributed to the media) between Congressional candidates Ben Quayle and Steve Moak, Moak’s campaign got back to us and answered some of the questions posed in Quayle’s letter.In case you missed it, Moak sent Quayle a letter bashing the 33-year-old candidate for…
jA week before he’ll learn his political fate, Senate hopeful, and former New Times columnist John Dougherty has unveiled his campaigns latest piece of political art.Dougherty’s been running political cartoons by Arizona cartoonist Tom Robertson in several Arizona newspapers, New Times included.In his latest ad, Dougherty, often billed as the…
Congressional candidates Steve Moak and Ben Quayle have turned to snail mail for their latest round of mudslinging.In letters — yes, actual, physical letters — exchanged by the two candidates (and distributed throughout the media by their respective campaigns, of course) the two squabble over the thin line between Moak’s…
The Arizona Capitol Times’ assertion that Steve Moak is now the frontrunner in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary continues to gain steam in the more-mainstream media — and the mainstream media continues to swallow the bait.The latest Valley news outlet to do absolutely no research into the source of…
The Arizona Capitol Times has declared a new frontrunner in the crowded District 3 Congressional primary.Businessman Steve Moak, the paper claims, has taken over for Ben Quayle as the leader in the 10-person race.Check out the Cap Times’ assessment of the race after the jump. …
Congressional candidate Ben Quayle isn’t backing off his claim that Barack Obama is the worst president in history — as made public in one of the lamest political ads to come out of this election season.In the ad, Quayle opens by saying “Barack Obama is the worst president in history.”…
We like to laugh here at New Times, so we were excited to learn that the Chicago-based sketch-comedy troop Second City had released a parody of Ben Quayle’s uber-awful campaign ad, in which he claims “Barack Obama is the worst president in history.”The ad sucks. It’s tacky, lame, and concludes…
If Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth was pissed off yesterday, he’s gotta be fuming today.In response to a comment Hayworth made that America is better off with Barack Obama as president than it would be with John McCain in the White House, the McCain campaign released a new campaign ad highlighting…
We just spent a few minutes chatting with Melissa Rein, the former director of public relations at Rose & Allyn Public Relations, the firm that likely planted the story about Congressional candidate Ben Quayle’s ties to The Dirty.If you’re unfamiliar with the saga, click here. She claims she’s not involved…
If you’re a political candidate considering taking a ride on Jan Brewer’s recently acquired, Greta-Van-Susteren-fueled coattails, you may want to reconsider — two candidates with Brewer’s stamp of approval lost their primary elections Tuesday.Not to say it’s Jan’s fault they lost, but it seems her super-star status after signing SB…
Senate Hopeful J.D. Hayworth is firing back after reports that he believes the country would be worse off if John McCain had won the 2008 presidential election.Check out our story on the matter here.At a campaign stop Tuesday night, Hayworth said “don’t get me wrong, I don’t like the guy…
