Author: Madeline Armstrong | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – A conservative grassroots organization has sent letters to election officials in every “major jurisdiction” asking what measures are being taken to ensure the security of Arizona’s ballot boxes and calling for the right to monitor those boxes during the general presidential election. According to reporting by the Arizona Republic, one of…

(The Center Square) – Arizona Republicans are warning that Democrats, only a couple of seats away from majorities in both legislative chambers, would have a profound effect on the state’s business and political climate. Should Democrats pick up the couple of seats needed to hold majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives, it would…

(The Center Square) – The Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced on Saturday that eight Green Party write-in candidates would be moving on to the general election. The Green Party is an independent political party “connected to American social movements,” according to the Green Party’s website. At this time, the Green Party has 100…

(The Center Square) – Increased gun regulation is something that Arizona Democrats have long been fighting for, only to be shut down by Republican legislators. With a chance of winning the majority in November, policymakers are brainstorming gun control bills they would like to see on Gov. Katie Hobbs’ desk. Only two seats away from…

(The Center Square) – Arizona Democrats will usher through some long-sought changes to ESA vouchers, teacher pay, school meals and all-day kindergarten if they can wrest the gavels away from Republicans in November. Only two seats away from having a Democratic majority in Arizona’s legislative chambers for the first time in six decades, the Democratic…

(The Center Square) – Although the Secretary of State’s unofficial results for the AZ primary elections have yet to be published, with approximately 97% of the reporting done, northern Arizona can have a pretty good idea of which lawmakers will be competing in November’s general election. State Sen. Wendy Rogers narrowly leads David Cook in…

(The Center Square) – Abe Hamadeh, one of two Republican candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump, had a narrow lead in Arizona’s congressional District 8 Republican primary late Tuesday night. If Hamadeh’s lead holds, his win would come only a few months after the Arizona Appeals court rejected his challenge to his loss in…

(The Center Square) – Arizona officials on both sides of the aisle have expressed concern over the announced results of Venezuela’s presidential election.  What many people thought would be a landslide in favor of Edmundo Gonzalez, the candidate opposing longtime socialist leader Nicolas Maduro, was announced on Sunday as a victory for Maduro – leaving…

(The Center Square) – While Arizona U.S. Senate Candidate Kari Lake has been vocal about her intent to close the southern border and what she thinks needs to be done about it, her opponent in the GOP primary race, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, said that he is far more suitable to address crime at…

(The Center Square) – Arizona for Abortion Access, a coalition looking to put legal access to abortion in the Arizona constitution, won their lawsuit against the Arizona Legislative Council over the language in a voter guide that will accompany their ballot measure. On July 3, Arizona for Abortion Access successfully submitted enough signatures, over 823,000,…