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A 2016 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana narrowly failed, with just over 51% opposing it and nearly 49% voting in favor.

Majorities of Arizona voters say they support ballot measures that would legalize marijuana and tax the wealthy to increase funding for schools and raise teacher salaries, according to a new poll. Read more»

A 2016 ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana narrowly failed, with just over 51% opposing it and nearly 49% voting in favor.

If a proposed citizen initiative to legalize recreational marijuana makes it onto the ballot, it appears likely to cruise to an easy victory, according to a new poll that showed overwhelming support across party lines. Read more»

Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, and her leading Democratic challenger, Mark Kelly.

Tuesday poll numbers show McSally losing her Senate seat next November to her Democratic opponent, former astronaut Mark Kelly. Read more» 1

Four years after Arizonans narrowly approved medical marijuana, a new poll suggests that a slim majority favors full legalization.

Nearly four years after Arizonans narrowly approved medical marijuana, a poll suggests that a slight majority favors legalizing the drug. Fifty-one percent of those responding to the Behavior Research Center's Rocky Mountain Poll said the sale of marijuana should be legal. Read more» 4

A poll released Wednesday shows Mitt Romney with a 7-point lead over President Obama in Arizona. In the U.S. Senate race, Richard Carmona trails his rivals, but leads among voters who know enough about him to have an opinion. Read more»

Arizona voters who've made up their minds are evenly split between President Barack Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney, but 18 percent remain undecided, a poll released Monday said. Read more»

Bill Nugent, the owner of the Shanty Cafe, 401 E. 9th St., hangs a banner supporting a Senate run by Gabrielle Giffords, March 3.

Arizona Democrats favor U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords as their nominee to fill the Senate seat being vacated by Jon Kyl. For Republicans, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin is their top choice as a Senate candidate. Read more» 1

A just-released Pew Research Center study shows strong support across the political spectrum for energy alternatives and offering a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Read more»

Wisconsin's governor seeks to eliminate collective bargaining rights for state workers. He claims this change is necessary to bring the state’s budget under control. The public, he reasoned, would take his side against the “greedy” unions. That doesn’t seem to be happening. Read more»

U.S. military engineers and an Afghan engineer discuss the Lal Pur Bridge project, Nangarhar Province, on Dec. 6. The project will be the second-largest bridge in Afghanistan.

First the good news: U.S. forces are still more popular in Afghanistan than Osama bin Laden. But more than half of all Afghans — 55 percent — want U.S. forces out of their country, and the sooner the better. Read more» 1

Conservatives are likely to do very well in Tuesday’s election. They are also likely to make all kinds of fallacious claims about what the election means. One we’re likely to hear is a supposed mandate to repeal health care reform. But claiming a mandate doesn’t make it so. Consider these results from two recent polls. Read more»

Incumbent Gov. Jan Brewer's lead over challenger Terry Goddard has slipped to just 3 points in a new Rocky Mountain Poll. More than one in five — 21 percent — are still undecided, said the survey. Read more»

The race between Republican Governor Jan Brewer and Democratic challenger Terry Goddard has grown a bit tighter, according to a new poll. But Brewer, seeking election in her own right, still has a 55-39 percent lead over the current state attorney general. Read more»

U.S. Sen. John McCain has widened his lead over challenger Rodney Glassman, a poll from Rasmussen Reports says. Read more»

Ruth McClung, the novice Republican challenging Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva, released a poll Wednesday showing that she trails the incumbent by seven points. Read more»

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