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Arizona Election Eve Day Roundup, 11-2: Nerves Abound

November 2, 2026 8:07 amNovember 3, 2026 8:58 am

It’s Election Eve Day and tensions are high in Arizona, though maybe not quite as high as in Michigan and Texas. Shenanigans and positioning are afoot. Here’s what we’re following: • FBI INVESTIGATES THREE ARIZONA VOTER-REGISTRATION GROUPS–U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine announced Friday...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-29: Turning Point Backs Biggs Big, Graham Versus Axon Redux, Heap Argues With Data Journalist, and More

October 29, 2026 8:42 amNovember 1, 2026 6:17 am

•TURNING POINT BIG BIGGS BET–Turning Point Action has spent $18 million on Rep. Andy Biggs‘ effort to unseat Gov. Katie Hobbs this year, more than three times what Biggs’ own campaign has spent, the Republic reported. Biggs told Stacey Barchenger...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-21: More Fake Green Party Contributions, Musk Ponies Up In Congressional Races, and More

October 21, 2026 8:17 amOctober 27, 2026 8:00 am

•SEVENTEEN, 17 FAKE VOTER DONATIONS, MWAH HAH HAH HAH–Arizona’s Clean Elections Commission has now identified 17 voters who say they never made the $5 contributions attributed to them in campaign-finance records. In an October 19 Arizona Supreme Court filing, Commission...

Arizona Morning Briefing 10-20: Feely and Sinema Are Friends, Hermes Changes His Abortion Tune, ACLU Is Totally “Nonpartisan in SecState race, and More

October 20, 2026 8:34 amOctober 22, 2026 8:52 am

•SINEMA HAS THE FEELY–Republican Congressional candidate Jay Feely told the Arizona Republic that former Senator Krysten Sinema is supporting his campaign. This follows mid-month reports that Sinema was talking up Feely among business leaders. She hasn’t given him money or...

Arizona Morning Briefing, 10-19: Sunshine Investigation Fizzles, The Mystery of the Open Ballot-Printer Tray, and More

October 19, 2026 7:44 amOctober 21, 2026 8:18 am

•SUNSHINE INVESTIGATION FIZZLES –Remember a few weeks ago when State Senator Jake Hoffman announced that the Senate was going to investigate Governor Katie Hobbs’ ties to foster-care contractor Sunshine Residential? But then the media called into question Hoffman’s consulting ties,...

Arizona Morning Briefing 10-14: Hobbs Opens Massive Lead, Sinema Promoting Feely, Supreme Court Rejects Lake Sanctions, and More

October 14, 2026 8:41 amOctober 15, 2026 7:25 am

•NEW POLL: HOBBS LEADS BY THREE BILLION POINTS–A new poll by nonpartisan Arizona firm High Ground indicates the biggest wave to hit Arizona since the closing of Big Surf. Governor Katie Hobbs’ Democratic ticket leads Rep. Andy Biggs by 17...

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

October 13, 2026 9:05 amOctober 14, 2026 8:42 am

•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...