2026 Election Archives - Arizona Globe

Fontes Blasts Federal Election Agency–After Downplaying a Real Cyberattack

August 18, 2026 12:24 pmAugust 21, 2026 8:16 am

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes used a federal election security briefing Monday to publicly berate the Trump administration’s cybersecurity agency, telling officials “I don’t trust you.” But Fontes’s own handling of a real cyberattack on his office last year—one...

Arizona Morning Roundup, 8-18

August 18, 2026 9:20 amAugust 20, 2026 8:39 am

Like shelter pets, sometimes we don’t adopt the stories, the stories adopt us. Here are some of the Arizona developments we’re following while eating our protein-enhanced granola: •The Protect Education Act is on life support this morning. After county validity...

Arizona Morning Roundup, 8-17

August 17, 2026 7:35 amAugust 18, 2026 12:25 pm

Now that you’ve done your morning hike, coffee, and protein-powder intake, it’s time to sit down for a couple of minutes with the Arizona Morning Briefing. Here’s the gorp we consumed over the weekend: •Prop. 212, the “Protect Education Act”...

Breaking: Clean Elections Commission To Release Heap Primary Funds

August 14, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 26, 2026 4:04 pm

The Clean Elections Commission released Republican Corporation Commission candidate Ralph Heap’s $147,836 primary-election grant on Friday while also finding reasonable cause to believe Heap violated Arizona campaign-finance rules, allowing the investigation to continue. Heap will receive another $221,754 for the general, for $369,590...

Arizona Morning Politics Briefing: Mendoza’s Property-Tax Credits, a Gubernatorial Spat Over Sales Tax, Ralph Heap In Another Heap of Trouble…And More

August 14, 2026 7:20 amAugust 18, 2026 12:26 pm

“Politics ain’t beanbag,” the late Chicago mayor Harold Washington once said, but sometimes it does feel a bit like beanbag, or like weasels in a sack fighting over a scrap of meat. Here are some of the dramas playing out...

Arizona Morning Roundup: Fontes Loses in Court, Feuds With Kolodin; What Was a Green Candidate Doing for Ralph Heap?

August 13, 2026 7:46 amAugust 18, 2026 12:26 pm

The Morning Roundup radar was blipping all over this morning during our first cup of coffee with three juicy items that had us happy to be alive: •On the more serious side, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes lost a ballot...

DLCC Targets Bolick, Peña In General Election

August 12, 2026 4:42 pmAugust 14, 2026 4:04 pm

National Democrats are expanding their Arizona target list with fewer than 100 days until the general election, adding two legislative races they believe could help break Republicans’ hold on the state House and Senate. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee added Amelia...