elections
Updated Feb 10, 2022, 6:23 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Olivia Cajero Bedford, a former lawmaker from Southern Arizona who served for nearly 20 years, has died. Cajero Bedford followed her parents into the Legislature, with terms in both the state House and Senate.... Read more»
Posted Dec 23, 2021, 8:02 am
Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley & D'Angelo Gore/Factcheck.org
Fact checkers spent much of 2021 addressing vaccine misinformation, baseless election claims - and of course, numerous claims made by, and about, the new Biden administration - so here are the top stories at the forefront of the discussion.... Read more»
Posted Dec 3, 2021, 12:55 pm
Sami Hamed, Richard Estrada & Tony Zinman/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
If we don't take our time to get this right, the power of Southern Arizona will be unfairly diminished for the next decade, and our community won’t be ensured representation that reflects the values of our community and fights for our priorities. — Sami Hamed, Richard Estrada & Tony Zinman... Read more»
Posted Jul 20, 2021, 1:22 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Arizonans will see final versions of new election maps shortly before Christmas under a schedule the Independent Redistricting Commission adopted, with the caveat that things could still stretch into January due to a pandemic-induced delay in Census data.... Read more»
Posted Dec 23, 2020, 11:06 am
Catherine Fusillo
/Cronkite News
Arizonans were heavily invested in this fall’s elections, donating more than $110 million to support candidates and high-profile ballot initiatives. That's up from $60 million four years ago.... Read more»
Posted Jun 11, 2020, 1:22 pm
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
Local and national Democratic Party organizations are suing Arizona election officials to block them from automatically throwing out early ballots that haven't been signed by voters.... Read more»
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Posted May 20, 2019, 12:37 pm
Andrew Howard
/Cronkite News
The initial public offering of Uber shares this month fell short of expectations, but there’s at least one audience where the ride-sharing service dominates: members of Congress.... Read more»
Posted Dec 14, 2018, 9:53 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Gov. Doug Ducey should remember the power of incumbency should be earned, not awarded, But is the right to fill out late Sen. John McCain's term really a prize?... Read more»
Posted Oct 15, 2018, 12:26 pm
Matt Vasilogambros
/Stateline
Across the West, Native Americans are fighting to overcome voter ID laws, polling place closures and voter registration purges. They could affect key midterm elections... Read more»
Posted Oct 22, 2015, 11:46 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Arizona voters who fill out their early ballots and post photos of them on social media are no longer risking jail time, thanks to a change in state law.... Read more»
Posted Apr 16, 2015, 11:01 am
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
After five years of half starts and fits, the Republicans have put together a field of Tucson City Council candidates that could give Democrats fits all their own.... Read more»
Updated Apr 14, 2015, 11:47 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Updated: Three Republicans have filed paperwork to run against the Democratic incumbents on the Tucson City Council, but no GOP challenger has yet emerged to take on Mayor Jonathan Rothschild. ... Read more»
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Posted Mar 26, 2015, 2:29 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Elections in Tucson are too safe for incumbents so a citizens committee looking at charter changes should think big and create competitive elections. ... Read more»
Updated Mar 12, 2015, 12:27 pm
Kasey Nye
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
The cool part about the Charter is that Tucson residents control their constitution, not the governor, not the Legislature, not Pima County, and not special interest groups.... Read more»
Posted Aug 7, 2014, 3:05 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Here's a list of the people running for the governing boards of the Tucson area's larger school districts.... Read more»
Posted Jul 7, 2014, 12:14 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Candidates for local school board elections can now sign up to run; the filing period opened Monday and runs through Aug. 6.... Read more»