Ken Kurson, Author at Arizona Globe

Poll of AZ GOPers shows bright red issue cluster

October 23, 2023 8:38 am

Here we go again. A few weeks ago, the Arizona Globe had a nice miniscoop regarding the favorability among Republicans in Maricopa County for Kari Lake and Abraham Hamadeh. The poll was from this past summer — July 2023, to...

Wendy Rogers Picks Abe Hamadeh for Congress in CD8

October 19, 2023 10:42 am

And they’re off! The endorsement sweepstakes have begun in what will surely be a hotly contested primary to be the Republican nominee to replace Debbie Lesko in Arizona’s eighth congressional district. State senator Wendy Rogers, a retired lieutenant colonel in...

Austin Smith Needles AZCentral Reporter Laurie Roberts

October 18, 2023 7:03 pmJune 17, 2024 10:37 am

The shocking retirement of Rep Debbie Lesko in CD8 has set off a frenzy of speculation about who might be interested in the safe red seat. Writing in the Arizona Republic this afternoon, Laurie Roberts rounded up who might be...

Data: Abe Hamadeh has Clear Edge Over Blake Masters in CD8

October 18, 2023 10:53 amNovember 21, 2024 1:00 pm

If you love politics and you love numbers, then what you do the day after the surprise retirement of an incumbent Republican US Representative is pore through the data of that district’s most recent election. So far, 2022 candidate for...

Abraham Hamadeh Announces Run for Lesko Seat

October 17, 2023 5:26 pmJune 17, 2024 10:37 am

What a day. At 2:31 pm today, 8th District Republican Representative Debbie Lesko announced that she will not be running for re-election this November. At 4:40 pm, the Arizona Globe had a story about the shocking decision by the Congresswoman,...

Shocker: Debbie Lesko Won’t Run in ’24

October 17, 2023 4:40 pmNovember 21, 2024 1:01 pm

In an announcement that sent shockwaves through the suburbs north of Phoenix, 8th District Republican Congresswoman Debbie Lesko has announced that she will not be running for re-election this November. “It has been a great honor to serve the people of Arizona’s...

NEW: FTX Witness Gave to Hobbs, Admits Straw Donor Scheme

October 16, 2023 6:28 pmNovember 21, 2024 1:01 pm

There was blockbuster testimony in the trial of FTX founder Sam Brinkman-Fried today, and it came with profound political implications. Former Director of Engineering at FTX, Nishad Singh, testified Monday afternoon that he gave signed blank checks to a team...