Random Musings

And that belief has come to AZ politics. From Collins Dictionary - If someone is accused of  apostasy , they are accused of abandoning thei...

And some folks, like AZ's Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, think that Cheeto may have another endgame in mind, one that goes beyond dis...

Yes, I realize that this benefits from 20/20 hindsight. 1. Joe Biden should have stepped well before any Democratic primary/caucus.  The eve...

There were 13 statewide questions in total on this year's ballot in AZ; 11 were referred by the Republicans in the legislature, two were...

...At least in Maricopa County.  I didn't look at the other counties in AZ. There were 40 school district questions here; 31 passed.  Th...

* = There's a rather big caveat: If current results hold up.  A couple of the districts that currently favor the Democratic candidate ar...

First and foremost, I want to thanks each and every person who helped to run a polling site or to count ballots.  I may not like some of the...

 

From Inside Elections - Arizona 2 Poll: Sleeper Race Awakens Arizona voters already faced a gauntlet of competitive races this fall, from a...

Early ballots are in the mail, so I did some research/due diligence on the races that I know nothing about. For brevity's sake, I'll...

And I believe that this actually *is* a coincidence and not me being snarky. Both former legislator Adam Driggs and his spouse, Leonore Drig...

There were a few upsets, but not many; most of the "upsets" were in the gap between candidates, not in the final results. Notes: T...

I received it on 7/5. There aren't many races on the Democratic side.  As you can see. :) The big one on my ballot is the six-way race i...

Richer is the current Maricopa County Recorder. I spent some time watching the R debate for Maricopa County Recorder, sponsored by the Citi...

From KJZZ , written by Wayne Schutsky - Maricopa County Republicans sue elections officials to add LD29 candidate to ballot Republicans in M...

Failed candidate David Alger fronted a legal challenge to the one Democratic candidate for state senate in LD8, Rep. Melody Hernandez. It w...

This post only covers significant federal candidates (IMO) who submitted nominating sigs to the Arizona Secretary of State.  Some may be kn...

First up, a quick summary of that law.  From ARS 16-312 - F. Except as provided in section 16-343, subsection E, a candidate may not file p...

Note: this is based only on signatures submitted and could (and probably will) be changed by legal challenges. From Maricopa County's li...