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Rep. Julie Willoughby (center) poses with Arizona Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick (left) and House Speaker Ben Toma (right) after being sworn in on May 5, 2023, as a House staffer takes a photo.

Just hours after the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors selected her to fill a legislative vacancy in a Chandler-based district, Julie Willoughby took the oath of office and became a state representative, replacing former GOP Rep. Liz Harris, who was expelled on April 12. Read more»

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meets on Jan. 5, 2022.

Supporters of former state Rep. Liz Harris are irate with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and they let the board members know that on Wednesday, with one of them even falsely accusing a Phoenix city councilman of opening the board meeting with a prayer to the devil. Read more»

The Arizona Senate chamber.

The day the Arizona Senate returned to work after a nearly two-week hiatus, the chamber announced it would adjourn until the middle of next week - a move the House may join - to focus on the budget, and give Maricopa County officials time to replace expelled legislator Liz Harris. Read more»

Steve Steele (center) and Earl Schaefer (right) speak with Liz Harris on a video she published.

The two Republicans nominated to replace expelled Arizona lawmaker Liz Harris both have strong connections to the conspiracy-pushing lawmaker. Read more»

Harris has been an outspoken critic of elections in Maricopa County since 2020 and the supervisors have been blamed, at least in part, for their perceived lack of oversight in those elections, something the supervisors have continually defended themselves against.

Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives lost their slim majority when Rep. Liz Harris was expelled from the chamber last week, and it doesn’t look like the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is in any hurry to appoint her replacement. Read more»

Republican Rep. Liz Harris listens as a resolution to expel her from the Arizona House of Representatives is read on April 12.

Allies and supporters of former Arizona state Rep. Liz Harris, who was expelled from the chamber last week, are up in arms over the decision - but the target of much of their vitriol, Republican Rep. Joseph Chaplik, actually voted against kicking Harris out of the House. Read more»

Republican Rep. Liz Harris gives a thumbs up after fellow members of the Arizona House of Representatives voted to expel her from the chamber on April 12, 2023.

Republican officials in her legislative district want former state Rep. Liz Harris to fill her own vacant Arizona House of Representatives seat, after she was expelled from the chamber last week. Read more»

Republican Rep. Liz Harris gives a thumbs up after fellow members of the Arizona House of Representatives voted to expel her from the chamber on April 12, 2023.

Republican Rep. Liz Harris was expelled from the Arizona House of Representatives on Wednesday for orchestrating a February meeting in which a member of the public spread wild conspiracy theories and lying to the House Ethics Committee. Read more»

Rep. Liz Harris, R-Chandler.

Republican state Rep. Liz Harris engaged in disorderly conduct, violating rules of the Arizona House of Representatives and “damaging the institutional integrity of the House,” the House Committee on Ethics announced Tuesday. Read more»

Republican Rep. Liz Harris testifies before the House Ethics Committee on March 30.

The Arizona House of Representatives Ethics Committee questioned Republican Rep. Liz Harris about the Feb. 23 meeting she organized wherein a speaker accused a church and a list of elected officials of being involved in an illicit money laundering scheme. Read more»

Rep. Liz Harris, R-Chandler, at a Jan. 26, 2023, press conference.

Democrats called for a censure of Arizona GOP Rep. Liz Harris as Republicans distanced themselves from the legislator and the day-long hearing she arranged, that included wild conspiracy theories about a host of elected officials being bought off by a Mexican drug cartel. Read more»

Harris is a prominent election denier and conspiracy theorist who runs a website devoted to baseless 2020 election fraud conspiracies.

Wild and unsubstantiated allegations made in a hearing that dozens of elected officials, including Arizona lawmakers, are secretly on the payroll of a Mexican drug cartel have roiled the state legislature, with Republican lawmakers denouncing the allegations as “disgraceful”. Read more»

The Republican-led "skinny budget" passed its final hurdle Monday in the Arizona House of Representatives after a brief roadblock last week when a Republican unexpectedly stymied efforts by the GOP majority to pass a spending package that is doomed for Gov. Katie Hobbs' veto stamp. Read more»

Rep. Liz Harris, R-Chandler, at a Jan. 26, 2023, press conference.

The Republican-led effort to pass a "skinny budget" has hit a momentary roadblock in the Arizona House of Representatives, where a sole Republican's refusal to vote for the spending package doomed the budget. Read more»

A protester holds a sign outside the Executive Tower in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020.

While Arizona voters rejected Kari Lake and other Republican candidates for statewide office who touted election conspiracy theories, they sent several others to the state Capitol. Read more»

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