Tag: 2026 Elections

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-13: Who Is Sending “Official” Campaign Texts? Why Did Corp. Comm Delete Open Meeting Video? Scottsdale Debate. And More

•MYSTERIOUS POLITICAL TEXTS–Arizona voters are receiving unidentified pro-Republican texts presenting an “official” independent voter guide that lists only GOP candidates. Another message reproduced a KJZZ story about Democratic superintendent candidate Teresa Leyba Ruiz but altered its headline and text to...
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Mesa Mayor John Giles speaking with attendees at a "Yes on 308 Cocktail Hour" event at Cowley Companies in Phoenix, Arizona.

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-12: Corporation Commission Kills Transcript, Giles Kills Traffic Tickets, Republican PAC Targets The Wrong Navajo, and More

• CORPORATION COMMISSION TRIES TO ERASE ITS OWN MEETING—The Arizona Corporation Commission voted unanimously to retroactively redact portions of a public meeting transcript and video after commissioners discussed the firing of Laurie Woodall, an aide to Commissioner Lea Márquez Peterson,...
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Arizona Morning Briefing 10-7: Greene-Placentia Reports Sexual Assault While Campaigning, Turning Point Spends $18 Million on Biggs, Feely-Shah Debate, and More

• CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE REPORTS ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT–In a story that garnered significant national coverage, Democratic CD8 nominee Bernadette Greene-Placentia told the Phoenix New Times on Wednesday that two men allegedly  sexually assaulted her while she was repairing a campaign sign...
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