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On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers in the Arizona Senate advanced legislation that would give state and local law enforcement the power to enforce immigration laws over objections it will lead to racial profiling by law enforcement.
May. 8, 2024
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A Maricopa County Superior Court judge is asking parties in a defamation lawsuit against Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake to produce private communications, despite Lake’s request for the court to skip discovery.
May. 7, 2024
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Latinos have been a solid block of Democratic voters for generations. But that seems to be changing right now. Mike Madrid and Chuck Rocha, hosts of the Latino Vote podcast, spoke more about it with The Show.
May. 7, 2024
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The Arizona Supreme Court last week reversed a lower court’s decision to impose sanctions against the state GOP, after the party filed a lawsuit challenging the 2020 presidential election.
May. 7, 2024
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez covers democracy for the Washington Post and spoke with The Show about how who was charged and the timeline of the case makes Arizona different from other states.
May. 6, 2024
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Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kari Lake issued a challenge to her Democratic rival, Congressman Ruben Gallego: a debate over abortion.
May. 3, 2024
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Kari Lake deserves a do-over of the governor's race because new evidence shows Maricopa County election officials did unannounced tests on vote-counting equipment and knew they would fail on Election Day, her attorney told the state Court of Appeals.
May. 3, 2024
Abe Hamadeh
Attorneys for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Maricopa County say Fontes has no authority to bring a new election. They added voters who cast ballots in the 2022 general election would be disenfranchised.
May. 2, 2024
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President Joe Biden's campaign team believes anger over the fall of Roe v. Wade gives them a political advantage in battleground states like Arizona.
May. 2, 2024
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It’s estimated that Latinos make up half of all potential voters in the U.S. who came of age since the last presidential election.
May. 1, 2024
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A progressive group is trying to vote out two Arizona Supreme Court justices over their rulings on abortion. But Republicans at the state Capitol are trying to get rid of judicial retention elections.
More Arizona election news
May. 1, 2024
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A political consultant linked with Congressman David Schweikert’s 2022 reelection bid settled a lawsuit over campaign sexually-charged attacks that suggested his opponent in the Republican primary election was gay.
Apr. 30, 2024
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With Arizona’s presidential primary election just months away, Maricopa County Elections is looking for thousands of short-term workers to do everything from transporting ballots to answering hotline phones.
Apr. 30, 2024
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The Arizona Republican Party this weekend elected a recently indicted state senator and an expelled former lawmaker as their new national committee members.
Apr. 29, 2024
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A judge ruled that Arturo Hernandez, a candidate running for U.S. Senate in Arizona’s Green Party primary, can stay on the ballot.
Apr. 26, 2024
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A Democratic lawmaker is calling on the Republican Senate president to remove Sens. Anthony Kern (R-Glendale) and Jake Hoffman (R-Gilbert) from committee leadership positions after they were indicted by a state grand jury.
Apr. 26, 2024
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To break down the indictment of 11 so-called “fake electors” in Arizona, the state House repealing the 1864 abortion law and more, The Show sat down with former state lawmaker Regina Cobb and attorney and former Congressional staffer Roy Herrera.
Apr. 26, 2024
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Gov. Katie Hobbs praised a state grand jury indictment of Republicans who allegedly sought to undermine President Joe Biden’s electoral victory over Donald Trump in Arizona in 2020.
Apr. 25, 2024
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Mesa was the second stop in a three-city tour by President Biden’s re-election campaign to underscore the administration’s investments in infrastructure.
Apr. 24, 2024
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge Wednesday rejected Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers’ (R-Flagstaff) attempt to disqualify her primary opponent from the ballot.
Apr. 24, 2024

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