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Posted May 9, 2022, 4:31 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
The Arizona Supreme Court flatly rejected an attempt to disqualify Republican Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar and State Rep. Mark Finchem from the 2022 ballot for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.... Read more»
Posted May 2, 2022, 11:26 am
Jennifer Shutt
/Arizona Mirror
The U.S. House committee looking into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent letters to Rep. Andy Biggs and two other lawmakers asking them to share information.... Read more»
Posted Apr 26, 2022, 1:04 pm
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state sued state and county officials to bar the use of electronic voting machines ahead of the midterm election in November.... Read more»
Posted Apr 26, 2022, 12:19 pm
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
A voters’ advocacy group said it will appeal a Maricopa County judge’s decision to dismiss its lawsuit that sought to ban three GOP lawmakers from the ballot for their support of the Jan. 6 insurrection.... Read more»
Posted Apr 22, 2022, 1:06 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A trio of lawsuits that sought to disqualify Republican Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar and state Rep. Mark Finchem from the ballot for their alleged roles in the January 6 attack on the Capitol was dismissed Friday. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 21, 2022, 6:22 am
Michael McDaniel
/Courthouse News Service
Attorneys for three Arizona lawmakers tied to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol told a Maricopa County judge Wednesday that voter-initiated complaints seeking to disqualify the candidates should be thrown out. ... Read more»
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Posted Apr 20, 2022, 7:25 am
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
A federal court said Georgia voters can press their claim that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s support for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol disqualifies her from the ballot, the same charge that has been filed against three Arizona lawmakers. ... Read more»
Posted Apr 19, 2022, 4:09 am
Jim Small
/Arizona Mirror
A handful of Arizona Republican candidates who have built national profiles by embracing former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election found their campaigns getting a big financial boost from voters outside Arizona.... Read more»
Posted Apr 18, 2022, 8:45 am
Dillon Rosenblatt
/Arizona Mirror
The race for Arizona governor appears to be solidifying around three candidates who are each raising a lot of money - but also burning through it at a fast rate - and an election denier and state lawmaker leads the fundraising race for secretary of state.... Read more»
Posted Apr 7, 2022, 4:57 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A trio of lawsuits seek to disqualify Republican Congressmen Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar and state Rep. Mark Finchem from the ballot for their alleged roles in the January 6 attack on the Capitol.... Read more»
Posted Mar 30, 2022, 6:52 am
Jeremy Duda
/Arizona Mirror
On paper, the Democratic advocacy group MoveOn has spent more than $1.4 million against Republican Mark Finchem in his campaign to become Arizona’s next secretary of state. In reality, that number only reflects a technicality of campaign finance reporting, not actual campaigning.... Read more»
Posted Mar 25, 2022, 6:30 am
Gloria Gomez
/Don Bolles Fellow, University of Arizona
Arizona Republicans pushed through legislative proposals that restrict transgender children’s access to girls sports and gender-affirming surgeries - sending both bills to Gov. Doug Ducey’s desk for his signature or veto.... Read more»
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Posted Mar 17, 2022, 7:00 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A bill brought to the legislature by business leaders would add social media messages to the state’s extortion law and could make it so those who leave bad reviews could be subject to a class 2 felony, the typical minimum sentence for which is 3 years in prison. ... Read more»
Posted Mar 7, 2022, 5:44 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
A new investigation into Donald Trump ally Roger Stone sheds light on his push for pardons for two Republican members of Arizona’s congressional delegation and work behind the scenes to overturn the 2020 election with people who would later support the Maricopa County “audit.”... Read more»
Posted Mar 3, 2022, 6:41 am
Camila Pedrosa
/Cronkite News
Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates told a national panel Wednesday he has “great concerns about the future” of election integrity in Arizona, after threats following the 2020 election and as election deniers run for Secretary of State in 2022. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 15, 2022, 4:32 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
2 Arizona Republicans are among 6 people issued subpoenas Tuesday by the House Jan. 6 Committee, with state Rep. Mark Finchem and state GOP Chair Kelli Ward told to turn over documents and appear for depositions next month.... Read more»