Dec 02 Rural Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press A rural Arizona county has certified its midterm election results after blowing past the deadline in state law… Continue reading
Dec 01 Arizona judge orders Cochise County officials to certify election results by end of day By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press An Arizona judge has ordered Cochise County officials to certify the midterm election results by the end of the day, and ruled that Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by this… Continue reading
Nov 28 Republican-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify 2022 election By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press The decision comes amid pressure from prominent Republicans to reject a vote count that had Democrats winning for U.S. Senate, governor and other statewide races. Continue reading
Nov 28 6 Arizona counties face deadline to certify 2022 election results By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Six Arizona counties will decide Monday whether to certify 2022 election results. Continue reading
Nov 21 GOP’s lackluster fundraising leading up to the 2022 election spurs infighting By Brian Slodysko, Aaron Kessler, Associated Press Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats' stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections. But the recriminations obscure a much deeper dilemma for the party. Continue reading
Nov 17 Defeated Republican candidate Kari Lake refuses to concede in Arizona governor’s race By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she's assembling lawyers and collecting evidence of voters who had trouble casting ballots as she considers her next move. Continue reading
Nov 16 Arizona Republicans withdraw lawsuit to force a hand count in local election By Bob Christie, Associated Press Two Republicans who control the board in a rural southeastern Arizona county now want to withdraw a lawsuit they filed two days ago seeking to force their own elections director to hand-count all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day. Continue reading
Nov 14 Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor’s race, flipping state for Dems By Associated Press Democrat Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona governor on Monday, defeating an ally of Donald Trump who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and refused to say she would accept the results of her race this year. Continue reading
Nov 14 Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 panel to obtain Arizona GOP leader’s phone records By Associated Press Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael Ward, were presidential electors who would have voted for Trump in the Electoral College had he won Arizona. Both signed a document falsely claiming they were Arizona’s true electors, despite Biden’s victory in the… Continue reading
Nov 12 Adrian Fontes wins secretary of state race in Arizona By Bob Christie, Associated Press Democrat Adrian Fontes won the top elections post in Arizona on Friday, defeating a Republican rival who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol and who said he would not have certified Joe… Continue reading