Elections

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Prescott Valley for a rally this weekend to support candidates he has endorsed ahead of the state’s primary elections.

Prescott Valley Mayor Kell Palguta is running unopposed in the Primary Election Tuesday, Aug. 2, but three candidates are vying for two seats on the Town Council, including incumbent Kendall Schumacher, candidate Michael Greer and write-in candidate Lucy Leyva.

Despite the two major resignations in Yavapai County’s election-related departments in recent weeks, county officials say the Aug. 2 primary is on track to proceed without any interruptions.

The head of the Prescott Consolidated Justice/City Court is the justice of the peace/city magistrate, which makes judgments or decisions about violations of state law and Yavapai County code in the county’s Prescott Precinct.

Yavapai County Recorder Leslie Hoffman would like to remind voters about important information regarding the upcoming 2022 Primary Election being held Tuesday, Aug. 2...

Arizona voters will face at least eight — and likely as many as 11 — proposals they get to approve or quash in November.

The Greater Prescott area is represented in the Arizona Legislature, District 1, by two people in the House and one in the Senate.

Sherri Phillips said if elected to the Chino Valley Town Council she wants to see more varied shopping, more activities for kids, especially expanded days that the community pool is open, and see if builders are paying their fair share for infrastructure for housing.

Chino Valley Mayor Jack Miller’s priorities if re-elected are improving infrastructure, especially bringing water and sewer services to more homes, and paving more roads.

The elected county recorder and the elections director in Yavapai County are resigning after more than a year and a half of threats and heated criticism from backers of former President Donald Trump who accept his claim that he lost the 2020 election because of fraud.

FBI agents looking into events surrounding former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss have subpoenaed Arizona Senate President Karen Fann, who orchestrated a discredited review of the election.

Cloyce Kelly is not seeking re-election after serving five years on the Chino Valley Town Council, but he believes the town’s future is in good hands because the council is level, fair and not there for their own self-interests.

Adults in Chino Valley who would like to run as a write-in candidate for mayor or council member in the town’s Aug. 2 Primary Election must file nomination papers no later than 5 p.m. Thursday, June 23.

Chino Valley residents can register to vote until July 5, but the field has been set for the Chino Valley mayor and three council member races.

Noel Campbell of Prescott, who announced his bid for Arizona Senate in Legislative District 1 on Jan. 21, withdrew from the race Monday, May 9, reportedly over smear attacks.

Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar says he now lives in Mohave County, putting his residence in Arizona's newly redrawn 9th Congressional District as he runs for a seventh term.

Williams Mayor John Moore has announced his bid for the Republican nomination for Arizona’s Congressional District 2, of which the Prescott area is a part under the latest redistricting.

Millions of Arizonans would lose the right to vote early and by mail under the terms of legislation approved Monday by a Senate panel.

The top House Republican is unilaterally quashing legislation which would have given lawmakers the power to reject election returns.

U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party's most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation that many Democrats consider essential to preserving democracy.

Noel Campbell of Prescott will officially announce his bid for Arizona Senate in Legislative District 1 on Friday, Jan. 21, at the Prescott Resort from 6 to 8 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

Steve Zipperman of Prescott has announced his candidacy for Arizona’s Legislative District 1 Senate seat.

Attorney General Mark Brnovich is asking a federal court to throw out a lawsuit challenging a new law that will kick some people off what has been the “permanent early voting list.’’

Members of the Independent Redistricting Commission appear ready to re-craft proposed congressional maps to help keep more of Tucson together and separate the largely non-Hispanic areas of Yuma from the rest of the city.

The Town of Prescott Valley clerk’s office this past week announced the availability of mayoral and Town Council candidate packets for the 2022 election cycle.