Republican state Rep. Austin Smith (R-Wittman) is dropping his bid for reelection rather than fight accusations that he forged signatures he needed to gather to qualify for the ballot.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes reflects on the security of election officials, threats posed by artificial intelligence and more.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed Democrat Junelle Cavero Harnal to fill a vacancy in the Arizona House of Representatives.

Late last year, an Arizona grand jury indicted two Cochise County supervisors over their role in refusing to certify the 2022 election. A judge ultimately forced them to, although one of them still did not. Now, facing mounting legal bills, the supervisor who ultimately did vote to certify the election, Peggy Judd, says help to pay those bills has not come.

Angeli-Chansley was one of more than 70 would-be candidates for federal office who failed to meet the April 1 deadline to turn in petition signatures to the secretary of state’s office that were needed to get their names on the ballot.

The investigation started after County Elections Director Tim Mattix found two sealed mail-in ballots from the 2022 General Election in ballot drop bags he was preparing for the March Presidential Preference Election.

Democrats are seizing on this week’s ruling outlawing nearly all abortions in Arizona to launch a major advertising effort in the crucial swing state. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign reports it is spending seven figures to air ads on TV and digital platforms in Arizona highlighting reproductive rights.

Abe Hamadeh is not entitled to a do-over of his trial in his bid to overturn his loss of the attorney general's race, the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

The Phoenix City Council selected Carlos Galindo-Elvira to fill the vacancy created when Councilwoman Yassamin Ansari resigned last month to run for Congress.