Elections

The outside contractors conducting the audit of the 2020 election told GOP lawmakers Thursday, July 15, they have identified a series of inconsistencies between information that Maricopa County reported and what they have found.

Mayor and candidates share their views on paying down Public Safety Personnel Retirement System debt.

Candidates for Prescott mayor and City Council share their views on how federal COVID-rleated relief should be spent.

Candidates for mayor and city council in Prescott share their views on the Big Chino Water Ranch and a pipeline.

Prescott mayoral and council candidates answer the questions: What is your opinion of the city’s recent water-policy changes? Would you push for other changes as a council member?

Prescott mayoral and council candidates answer the question: What are your views on growth in Prescott?

Arizona is going to get to keep its laws against “ballot harvesting” and counting votes cast only within the proper precinct.

What is your opinion of the AED annexation? Would you vote for the current proposal for 475 acres of preserved open space in the Granite Dells?

With the primary set for Aug. 3, and the general election scheduled for Nov. 2, the following is bio information for the City of Prescott’s 2021 election for mayoral and council candidates.

From growth to traffic congestion to the council-appointment process, questions posed to the candidates for Prescott mayor and city council this week covered the gamut.

With the Prescott City Council primary approaching on Aug. 3, the public-forum season for the candidates is now underway.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Thursday he's running for U.S. Senate, becoming the third major candidate seeking the Republican nomination to take on Democrat Mark Kelly.

Senate Republican leaders are not going to subpoena Maricopa County supervisors, at least for the time being in the ongoing battle over information they want to conduct their audit of the 2020 general election.

Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday, May 11, signed controversial legislation that will allow some people to be removed from what until now has been the “permanent early voting list.”

The Arizona Supreme Court has tossed out a bid by 20 unnamed people seeking to void the 2020 election returns and put themselves into office instead.

A candidate forum for the upcoming 2021 Prescott City Council race will take place in late May.

The Arizona Democratic Party is going to court to halt — or at least delay — the audit of Maricopa County election results.

Senate President Karen Fann said Friday, April 2, that Maricopa County officials may be balking at cooperating with an audit of the 2020 election results because they fear what it might turn up.

By Friday afternoon, April 2, two candidates had filed petitions to run for Prescott mayor, and five had filed to run for three seats on the Prescott City Council, with another expected to file by the deadline on Monday.

Another prospective candidate has now indicated interest in running for the Prescott Mayor position in 2021, bringing the total to three.

With just a day to go before nominating petitions can begin to be filed for the upcoming 2021 Prescott City Council election, two people had indicated interest in running for Prescott Mayor, and seven have pulled packets for three seats on the City Council.

A veteran lawmaker is proposing what amounts to an end-run to allow some business owners to avoid paying the just-approved income tax surcharge for education.

Former President Donald Trump's unsuccessful reelection campaign reported it paid over $6,000 to a business belonging to an Arizona legislator who sought to have the Legislature overturn Joe Biden's win in the state.

Arizona Republicans on Saturday, Jan. 23, re-elected Kelli Ward as party chair, giving a second term to one of Donald Trump’s most unflinching supporters even after the GOP lost ground in the state last year.

Arizona Democrats on Saturday picked Raquel Terán, a progressive state lawmaker, to be the party’s next chairwoman as they look to maintain their top-of-the-ticket successes and extend them to down-ballot races.