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Gina Swoboda
The Voter Reference Foundation's VoteRef.com database so far includes information from 32 states and the District of Columbia. It is run by Gina Swoboda, an organizer of Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and chair of the Arizona Republican Party.
Apr. 2, 2024
Kathy Pettycrew (left) and Jeanne Devine
Arizona voters could have the chance to decide a handful of citizen initiatives on November’s ballot. But in order to make it to the ballot, all of those campaigns need to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures from residents.
Group: 500,000 have signed petition for abortion rights measure
Apr. 2, 2024
A vote center in north Phoenix
We begin with a look at the ground game for each major presidential candidate in Arizona. And, at least for the Trump campaign, it’s looking a little thin — a lot thinner than it did four years ago when he ran and lost here by just 10,000 votes.
Apr. 2, 2024
A Pinal County supervisor is threatening to sue the county’s top election official for defamation. Republican Supervisor Kevin Cavanaugh filed a notice of claim on March 21 against Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis.
Apr. 1, 2024
Woman speaks in front of group of people
Candidates running for Salt River Project’s boards and councils on a clean energy platform have accused the organization’s CEO of trying to influence the election that will pick the people who oversee SRP — and hire its top executives.
More Arizona politics news
Apr. 1, 2024
Abe Hamadeh
A judge has tossed the latest bid by Abe Hamadeh and others to decertify the results of the 2022 election, order it rerun in Maricopa County and declare that Kris Mayes is holding the office of attorney general illegally.
Apr. 1, 2024
Woman with short hair speaks into microphone
Last week, Kari Lake did something rare when you’re sued for defamation during a high profile political campaign: She gave up. Now there are questions about its impact on her campaign for U.S. Senate going forward and whether or not she’s baiting Richer into suing her again.
Apr. 1, 2024
Woman in sunglasses gestures
Barrett Marson of Marson Media and former state lawmaker and gubernatorial candidate Aaron Lieberman joined The Show this week to talk about Kari Lake’s decision to ask the court to determine the damages in a defamation lawsuit against her, a new legislative committee formed to look into executive oversight and more.
Mar. 29, 2024
Stephen Richer Kari Lake
A judge found that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake no longer has a legal right to argue she did not defame Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a fellow Republican.
Mar. 28, 2024
Tucson city liits
Arizona’s attorney general determined on Monday that Tucson can hold an election in the summer, despite a state law that suggests such issues must be decided in the fall.
Mar. 27, 2024
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb has filed signatures to qualify for the Arizona Republican primary ballot in a run for U.S Senate.
Mar. 27, 2024
https://kjzz.org/podcast/prickly
While most of the focus in Arizona recently has been on last week’s presidential preference election, there’s another election going on that could have wide-ranging effects on many residents’ everyday lives.
Mar. 27, 2024
Kyrsten Sinema
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced earlier this month that she would not run for a second term this year. And, as Michael Schaffer writes, while Sinema decided against another campaign, it was a different kind of campaign that helped lead to that outcome.
Mar. 27, 2024
Stephen Richer Kari Lake
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake is asking a court to swiftly determine what damages she owes in a defamation suit brought by Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer rather than take the case to trial.
Mar. 26, 2024
I Voted Sticker
Before you cast your ballot in this year’s election, there’s another vote happening in Maricopa County. The County Recorder’s Office is holding its first-ever contest to pick new designs for its “I voted” stickers.
Mar. 26, 2024
Man speaks into microphone woman is holding
A “fake elector” who tried to assert that former President Donald Trump won Arizona in 2020 says Democrats are trying to imprison him, but he’s honored for the role he played.
Mar. 26, 2024
Woman in beige blazer talks at podium
An Ohio man who acknowledged making death threats in voicemails left for then-Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs during the 2022 election season has been sentenced Monday to 2-and-a-half years in prison.
Mar. 25, 2024
Man and woman talk to each other
Former President Donald Trump is endorsing a current state senator running for office in Mohave County following the senator’s announcement that he can prove Trump’s 2020 reelection loss was rigged.
Mar. 22, 2024
person counting money
The law requires the disclosure of the original sources of money for expenditures of at least $50,000 to statewide campaigns.
Mar. 21, 2024
Two Republican state senators have asked Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell to investigate what they say is evidence of security gaps in election systems. Sens. Sonny Borrelli and Wendy Rogers would not provide details.
Mar. 21, 2024

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