One of the biannual traditions in AZ politics is legal challenges to candidates' ballot eligibility.
There is a short period after the final date to turn in nominating signatures to challenge a candidate's ballot eligibility. If no challenges are raised at that time, the candidate is presumed to be eligible.
This is important to remember.
During 2012, a Republican legislative candidate was found to be living outside of the district he was running in, but the challenge was raised long after the deadline to do so. As such, that candidate remained on the ballot (and eventually won the race). See: Darin Mitchell, LD13 House.
This year's challenge period is over and most challenges have been resolved one way or the other.
A few remain open because while a ruling was issued, it was appealed.
Courtesy the website of the Arizona Secretary of State, the status of challenges to state and federal level candidates (color code: Red = off the ballot; Green = on the ballot, Yellow = pending appeal):
Randy Camacho
CD7 Democratic nomination
Case dismissed, Camacho on the ballot
Miguel Olivas
CD3 Libertarian nomination
Olivas withdrew and off the ballot
Johnnie Robinson
CD7 Democratic nomination
Robinson withdrew and off the ballot
Patricia Flores
LD3 Republican State House nomination
Flores withdrew and off the ballot
Toby Farmer
LD13 Republican State Senate nomination
Ruling in favor of defendant; Farmer on the ballot. APPEAL FILED.
James Samuelson
CD5 Independent (General election)
Samuelson withdrew and off the ballot
Cesar Chavez
CD7 Democratic nomination
Ruling against defendant, Chavez off the ballot. Note: while the AZSOS' website doesn't indicate it, he plans to appeal the ruling.
Justin Henry
LD20 Republican State Senate nomination
Ruling against defendant, Henry off the ballot. APPEAL FILED.
Ethan Orr
LD9 Republican State House nomination
Case dismissed, Orr on the ballot.
Scott Ryan
LD18 State Senate Independent (General election)
Ruling against defendant, Ryan off the ballot
Bryan Hackbarth
LD21 Republican State House nomination
Ruling against the defendant (twice; there were two challenges to his candidacy), Hackbarth off the ballot. Twice.
Ruben Gallego
CD7 Democratic nomination
Case dismissed, Gallego on the ballot
Helmuth Hack
LD21 Libertarian State House nomination
Hack withdrew and off the ballot
Barry Hess
Governor, Libertarian nomination
Case dismissed, Hess on the ballot.
Sharon Thomas
Superintendent of Public Instruction Democratic nomination
Case dismissed, Thomas on the ballot
Chuck Wooten
CD2 Republican nomination
Ruling against defendant, Wooten off the ballot
Carlyle Begay
LD7 State Senate Democratic nomination
Case dismissed, Begay on the ballot
Jennifer Knepfler
LD26 State Senate Libertarian nomination
Ruling against defendant, Knepfler off the ballot
Erminie Zarra
LD29 State Senate Republican nomination
Zarra withdrew and off the ballot
Full list of withdrawn/removed candidates here (primary) and here (general). Note: the lists aren't fully up-to-date, but they do include candidates who withdrew before legal challenges to their candidacies were raised.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
A possible future career for John Huppenthal that utilizes his current skill set...
This has not been a good week for AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal (but it's been a GREAT week for the writers at Blog for Arizona!).
The news, broken by Bob Lord at BfA, that Huppenthal used pseudonyms like Thucydides and Falcon9 to post comments on blogs went all MSM and national -
Phoenix channel 3 (KTVK)
Tucson channel 9 (KGUN)
Phoenix channel 5 (KPHO)
Arizona Republic
Arizona Daily Sun
Phoenix New Times
Talking Points Memo
Sacramento Bee (via AP)
Boing Boing
Crooks & Liars
DailyKos
Education Week
...and many more.
The story seems to have legs, as other blogs find comments by Huppenthal, many of which make his BfA comments (i.e. - poor people are "lazy pigs", etc.) look mild, almost endearing.
It also seems to be hurting him where it counts (for an R facing a primary challenge, anyway) - with other conservatives, many of whom are trying to distance themselves from him. And they're not being subtle about it.
I'm not going to predict that his political career is all but over (he's weaseled out of tight situations before), but he's facing some strong electoral headwinds in 2014, and may be looking for work in 2015.
As such, I have an oh-so-humble suggestion -
When he's out of work next year, he should join with other similarly embattled (currently) elected officials and form a "think tank" dedicated to espousing conservative positions.
The principals of the "think tank":
Scott Walker, current governor of Wisconsin, and alleged "capo di tutti capi" of a major criminal conspiracy centered on illegal coordination of campaign fundraising. Ostensible head of the "think tank"
Tom Horne, current attorney general in Arizona, who has his own (alleged) experience with campaign finance misdeeds (he can serve as the "think tank's" lawyer)
John Huppenthal, current superintendent of public instruction in Arizona. He can serve as the "think tank's" "Director of OnlinePropaganda Communications" (because "Sock Puppet" doesn't look good on a resume)
Rick Scott, current governor of Florida. He can serve as "Director of Whiz Quizzes For Fun And Profit"
Rick Snyder, current governor of Michigan. He would be the "Director of Disenfranchising Minorities"
Chris Christie, current governor of New Jersey. He will be the chief enforcer/bully.
Paul Lepage, current governor of Maine. Deputy bully.
Constantin Querard, political consultant. Talking head. Not an elected official, but with Al Melvin's campaign for governor of Arizona circling the drain, he finds himself in need of a paycheck.
Eric Cantor, current majority in the US House of Representatives. Chief of Governmental Relations (aka - head lobbyist)
Rick Perry, current governor of Texas - Director of Insight on Social Issues
The chief funders of the "think tank"? The Koch brothers, of course.
The news, broken by Bob Lord at BfA, that Huppenthal used pseudonyms like Thucydides and Falcon9 to post comments on blogs went all MSM and national -
Phoenix channel 3 (KTVK)
Tucson channel 9 (KGUN)
Phoenix channel 5 (KPHO)
Arizona Republic
Arizona Daily Sun
Phoenix New Times
Talking Points Memo
Sacramento Bee (via AP)
Boing Boing
Crooks & Liars
DailyKos
Education Week
...and many more.
The story seems to have legs, as other blogs find comments by Huppenthal, many of which make his BfA comments (i.e. - poor people are "lazy pigs", etc.) look mild, almost endearing.
It also seems to be hurting him where it counts (for an R facing a primary challenge, anyway) - with other conservatives, many of whom are trying to distance themselves from him. And they're not being subtle about it.
I'm not going to predict that his political career is all but over (he's weaseled out of tight situations before), but he's facing some strong electoral headwinds in 2014, and may be looking for work in 2015.
As such, I have an oh-so-humble suggestion -
When he's out of work next year, he should join with other similarly embattled (currently) elected officials and form a "think tank" dedicated to espousing conservative positions.
The principals of the "think tank":
Scott Walker, current governor of Wisconsin, and alleged "capo di tutti capi" of a major criminal conspiracy centered on illegal coordination of campaign fundraising. Ostensible head of the "think tank"
Tom Horne, current attorney general in Arizona, who has his own (alleged) experience with campaign finance misdeeds (he can serve as the "think tank's" lawyer)
John Huppenthal, current superintendent of public instruction in Arizona. He can serve as the "think tank's" "Director of Online
Rick Scott, current governor of Florida. He can serve as "Director of Whiz Quizzes For Fun And Profit"
Rick Snyder, current governor of Michigan. He would be the "Director of Disenfranchising Minorities"
Chris Christie, current governor of New Jersey. He will be the chief enforcer/bully.
Paul Lepage, current governor of Maine. Deputy bully.
Constantin Querard, political consultant. Talking head. Not an elected official, but with Al Melvin's campaign for governor of Arizona circling the drain, he finds himself in need of a paycheck.
Eric Cantor, current majority in the US House of Representatives. Chief of Governmental Relations (aka - head lobbyist)
Rick Perry, current governor of Texas - Director of Insight on Social Issues
The chief funders of the "think tank"? The Koch brothers, of course.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Short Attention Span Musing: Primary Upsets and Petition Challenges
OK - this is mostly about primaries and petition challenges, but there will be some other material...
...First, the big news, and it's out of Virginia, not Arizona: Ultra-conservative Republican Congressman Eric Cantor, Majority Leader in the U.S. House, lost in the R primary in his district to a tea party type. Who didn't think Cantor was conservative enough.
The district, Virginia's 7th, is a heavily Republican one, and seems likely to remain in their control.
However, the upset of Cantor means that Jack Trammell, the Democratic nominee in the district, just went from having no chance at all to having a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
Note: in Arizona, there are three Democrats in tough races - Ann Kirkpatrick, Kyrsten Sinema, and Ron Barber - and they need your love (aka - $$$), but if you have anything to spare, consider helping out Trammell.
...Steve at Arizona Eagletarian has been providing outstanding coverage of challenges to candidates' ballot status so I won't go into depth here, but I will comment on one, because it was embarrassingly inept and amateurish.
Earlier this week, a "supporter" of Mary Rose Wilcox, a Democratic candidate in CD7, filed a lawsuit challenging the candidacy of Ruben Gallego, another Democratic candidate in CD7 (and the frontrunner in the estimation of most observers, including me).
She...errr..."he" (Mike Snitz, a former legislative candidate and part of the Wilcox machine), claimed that Gallego was using a name that wasn't his own in an attempt to deceive the voters of the district.
The only problem?
Gallego had legally changed his name years ago, not in an attempt to deceive anyone, but to honor his mother.
She was a single mom who raised him and his siblings alone after his father abandoned all of them.
She did that well, and to honor her, he legally changed his name to her maiden name.
Snitz' lawsuit claimed that the name change wasn't done legally, but his allegations were refuted quickly (whoever did the research into court records did so in a slipshod manner) and the lawsuit was dropped, almost immediately.
However, that action may have come too late for Wilcox - she has been almost-universally criticized for the abortive attack on Gallego.
- The full list of state-level (including Congressional) candidates who have withdrawn/been removed from the ballot is here. The full list of state-level challenges can be found here.
...In non-ballot related news, but definitely falling into the category of "elections have consequences", Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced that he isn't going to bring charges against a deputy with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office who killed someone in a car accident.
From the Arizona Republic, written by Megan Cassidy -
Sounds somewhat straightforward, except for a few *other* circumstances -
1. Sean Pearce is the son of Russell Pearce, the disgraced, but still influential, former president of the Arizona State Senate.
2. He works for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a long-time ally of Russell Pearce.
3. In 2010, between illegal campaign expenditures and fines for the expenditures, Arpaio dropped approximately three-quarters of a million dollars to put Montgomery in office.
Montgomery is developing a credibility problem; he's taken to squawking that his critics are "amateurs".
Well, I *am* an amateur, in that I am not paid for this, but even an unpaid amateur like me knows that if something waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck, that something may be a duck.
And this situation smells...reeks...of favoritism and corruption.
- Wouldn't it be poetic justice if Bowe Bergdahl - a POW for five years, tortured, returned to American authorities only to face withering criticism from fellow service members and others - moved to Arizona and ran against John McCain? Would love to see McCain and his handlers/hangers-on try to spin that resume into something that disqualifies Bergdahl for office...
...First, the big news, and it's out of Virginia, not Arizona: Ultra-conservative Republican Congressman Eric Cantor, Majority Leader in the U.S. House, lost in the R primary in his district to a tea party type. Who didn't think Cantor was conservative enough.
The district, Virginia's 7th, is a heavily Republican one, and seems likely to remain in their control.
However, the upset of Cantor means that Jack Trammell, the Democratic nominee in the district, just went from having no chance at all to having a snowball's chance in hell of winning.
Note: in Arizona, there are three Democrats in tough races - Ann Kirkpatrick, Kyrsten Sinema, and Ron Barber - and they need your love (aka - $$$), but if you have anything to spare, consider helping out Trammell.
...Steve at Arizona Eagletarian has been providing outstanding coverage of challenges to candidates' ballot status so I won't go into depth here, but I will comment on one, because it was embarrassingly inept and amateurish.
Earlier this week, a "supporter" of Mary Rose Wilcox, a Democratic candidate in CD7, filed a lawsuit challenging the candidacy of Ruben Gallego, another Democratic candidate in CD7 (and the frontrunner in the estimation of most observers, including me).
She...errr..."he" (Mike Snitz, a former legislative candidate and part of the Wilcox machine), claimed that Gallego was using a name that wasn't his own in an attempt to deceive the voters of the district.
The only problem?
Gallego had legally changed his name years ago, not in an attempt to deceive anyone, but to honor his mother.
She was a single mom who raised him and his siblings alone after his father abandoned all of them.
She did that well, and to honor her, he legally changed his name to her maiden name.
Snitz' lawsuit claimed that the name change wasn't done legally, but his allegations were refuted quickly (whoever did the research into court records did so in a slipshod manner) and the lawsuit was dropped, almost immediately.
However, that action may have come too late for Wilcox - she has been almost-universally criticized for the abortive attack on Gallego.
- The full list of state-level (including Congressional) candidates who have withdrawn/been removed from the ballot is here. The full list of state-level challenges can be found here.
...In non-ballot related news, but definitely falling into the category of "elections have consequences", Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced that he isn't going to bring charges against a deputy with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office who killed someone in a car accident.
From the Arizona Republic, written by Megan Cassidy -
Maricopa County sheriff's Deputy Sean Pearce will not be held criminally responsible in the death of Glendale resident John Edward Harding, despite traveling more than twice the speed limit moments before the fatal crash.
County Attorney Bill Montgomery delivered the long-awaited announcement Wednesday morning, saying he weighed the specific circumstances of the crash, which occurred while Pearce was on duty.
Sounds somewhat straightforward, except for a few *other* circumstances -
1. Sean Pearce is the son of Russell Pearce, the disgraced, but still influential, former president of the Arizona State Senate.
2. He works for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a long-time ally of Russell Pearce.
3. In 2010, between illegal campaign expenditures and fines for the expenditures, Arpaio dropped approximately three-quarters of a million dollars to put Montgomery in office.
Montgomery is developing a credibility problem; he's taken to squawking that his critics are "amateurs".
Well, I *am* an amateur, in that I am not paid for this, but even an unpaid amateur like me knows that if something waddles like a duck, quacks like a duck, and smells like a duck, that something may be a duck.
And this situation smells...reeks...of favoritism and corruption.
- Wouldn't it be poetic justice if Bowe Bergdahl - a POW for five years, tortured, returned to American authorities only to face withering criticism from fellow service members and others - moved to Arizona and ran against John McCain? Would love to see McCain and his handlers/hangers-on try to spin that resume into something that disqualifies Bergdahl for office...
Monday, June 02, 2014
So...should my 2016 run be as Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan?
This story blew up all over the internet today, but it's too juicy not to chime in now that my workday is over...
From the Arizona Capitol Times, written by Evan Wyloge -
From the Arizona Capitol Times, written by Evan Wyloge -
Two-time GOP loser changes party to Democrat, name to Cesar Chavez for new congressional bid
Sunday, June 01, 2014
Election 2014: Well, sigs are in and the races are set*
* = Except for the inevitable petition challenges, of course. However, since I haven't heard about any yet, and most of them fail anyway, this post is going up. I'll update if/when something significant changes.
In primary races, both R and D, I will make no predictions unless one or more of the candidates looks to be toast already.
Full list of primary candidates here; full list of candidates going directly to the general election ballot here.
CD1 R primary - Gary Kiehne, Adam Kwasman, and Andy Tobin will be fighting tooth-and-nail for the dubious privilege of (probably) losing to Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick in the general election.
CD2 R primary - Shelley Kais, Chuck Wooten, and Martha McSally will be fighting to challenge Democrat Ron Barber in the general. McSally has been the highest-profile candidate in the race, however, incumbent Barber is considered to be facing an uphill fight to hold onto the seat. The R primary could get "energetic". :)
CD7 D Primary - Ruben Gallego, Mary Rose Wilcox, Cesar Chavez, Jarret Maupin, Randy Camacho, and Johnnie Robinson are contending for the opportunity to win the seat held by the soon-to-be-retired Ed Pastor. Gallego and Wilcox are considered to be the front runners.
CD9 R Primary - Wendy Rogers and Andrew Walter are facing off for the chance to challenge Democratic incumbent Kyrsten Sinema.
Gov R Primary - Doug Ducey, Christine Jones, Ken Bennett, Al Melvin, Andrew Thomas, Scott Smith, and Frank Riggs are running. Even if I wanted to make predictions for R primaries, on this one I wouldn't - got no clue here.
LD6 State Senator - No primary, and no Democrat challenging incumbent R Chester Crandell, but this could be a race to watch. Former Republican legislator Tom O'Halleran submitted enough signatures to appear on the general election ballot.
LD7 State Senator - No Rs, 3 Ds - Appointed incumbent Carlyle Begay, current state representative Jamescita Peshlakai, and Eric Descheenie (don't know anything about him).
LD8 State Senator - Three Rs, Irene Littleton, Alan Pease, and Harold Vangilder, are squaring off for the chance to unseat incumbent Barbara McGuire.
LD11 State Senator R Primary - State rep Steve Smith and Scott Bartle will face off for a chance at replacing Al Melvin (running for governor) in the state senate.
LD13 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Don Shooter is facing a challenge from Toby Farmer.
LD15 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Nancy Barto is facing a challenge from David Ryan.
LD16 State Senator R Primary - Appointed incumbent David Farnsworth is facing Taylor McArthur.
LD18 State Senator R Primary - Open seat (incumbent John McComish is running for a different office); current state rep. Jeff Dial and former chair of the AZGOP Tom Morrissey are facing off.
LD20 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Kimberly Yee is facing a challenge from Justin Henry (he's a veteran and she opposed a study that would look into whether the use of medical marijuana could ameliorate the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD).
Note: the general election here could be very interesting - former Republican legislator Doug Quelland filed enough signatures to qualify for the general election ballot as an Independent.
LD23 State Senator R Primary - Open seat (incumbent Michele Reagan is running for a different office); current state rep. John Kavanagh and Scottsdale businessman Jeff Schwartz. Kavanagh is from Fountain Hills, but the bulk of the district is in north Scottsdale. Kavanagh has also become something of an ideological embarrassment to the chamber of commerce Republicans that dominate north Scottsdale politics. May be a primary to watch.
LD25 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Bob Worsley is facing a challenge from Ralph Heap, an ally of the man that Worsley defeated in 2012, Russell Pearce.
LD26 State Senate - No primaries here, but a possible example of the Republicans trying to get cute in their quest to unseat incumbent Democrat Ed Ableser - officially, there isn't a Republican candidate in the race, but one Dale Eames filed enough signatures to make it on to the general election ballot as an Independent.
Have you heard of "RINOs/DINOs" (Republicans/Democrats In Name Only)?
Eames is an IINO (Independent In Name Only).
LD27 State Senator D Primary - Open seat (incumbent Leah Landrum Taylor is term-limited); current state rep. Catherine Miranda and Afghanistan veteran Aaron Marquez are the candidates here.
LD29 State Senator D Primary - Open seat (incumbent Steve Gallardo is running for another office); the district's two current state reps, Lydia Hernandez and Martin Quezada, are contending for the seat.
LD1 State Representative R Primary - Noel Campbell, Frank Englund, Karen Fann, and Linda Gray are contending for the two nominations here. Fann is an incumbent; Gray was formerly a legislator from the Phoenix area.
LD4 State Representative D Primary - Lisa Otondo, Charlene Fernandez, and Jose Suarez are facing off. Otondo is an incumbent.
LD5 State Representative R Primary - Sonny Borrelli, Jennifer Jones, Regina Cobb, Sam Medrano, and George Schnittgrund are running for the two nominations here. Borrelli is an incumbent..
LD7 State Representative D Primary - Jennifer Benally, Joshua Butler, and Albert Hale are on the ballot here, and Arlando Teller has registered as a write-in candidate. Hale is an incumbent.
LD8 State Representative R Primary - Wayne Bachmann, Darla Dawald, TJ Shope, and Frank Pratt are on the ballot here. Pratt and Shope are the incumbents.
LD11 State Representative R Primary - Mark Finchem, Jo Grant, and Vince Leach are on the ballot here. The two incumbents, Steve Smith and Adam Kwasman, are seeking other offices.
LD13 State Representative R Primary - Diane Landis, Darin Mitchell, and Steve Montenegro are on the ballot here. Mitchell and Montenegro are incumbents.
LD14 State Representative R Primary - David Stevens, David Gowan, and Susan Syfert are contending here. Stevens and Gowan are incumbents.
LD15 State Representative R Primary - Heather Carter, John Allen, and David Burnell Smith are on the ballot here. Carter and Allen are the incumbents; Smith is a former legislator with a "colorful" history.
LD16 State Representative R Primary - Doug Coleman, John Fillmore, Adam Stevens, and Kelly Townsend are vying for the two nominations here. Coleman and Townsend are incumbents; Fillmore is a former legislator.
LD18 State Representative R Primary - John King, Jill Norgaard, Bob Robson, and David Pheanis are on the ballot here; Robson is an incumbent. Scott Ryan has filed to run as an Independent on the general election ballot.
LD20 State Representative R Primary - Paul Boyer, Bill Adams, Thurane Aung Khin, Aaron Flannery, Anthony Kern, and Carl Seel are on the ballot. Seel and Boyer are incumbents.
LD21 State Representative R Primary - Rick Gray, Tony Rivero, and Bryan Hackbarth are vying for the two nominations here; Gray is an incumbent.
LD22 State Representative - No contested primaries here, but one Fred Botha filed to run on the general election ballot as an "Independent New Dude".
LD23 State Representative R Primary - Effie Carlson, Jay Lawrence, Bob Littlefield, and Michelle Ugenti are on the ballot here. Ugenti is an incumbent; Littlefield is a member of the Scottsdale City Council.
LD24 State Representative D Primary - Lela Alston, Richard Bauer, and Ken Clark are vying for the two nominations here. Alston is an incumbent.
LD25 State Representative R Primary - Rusty Bowers, Michelle Udall, Justin Olson, Jerry Walker and Haydee Dawson are on the ballot here. Olson is an incumbent, Bowers is a former legislator, and Walker is an ally of Russell Pearce who is known for having temperament issues.
LD27 State Representative D Primary - Reginald Bolding, Norma Munoz, Marcelino Quinonez, and Rebecca Rios are on the ballot here. Munoz is an incumbent; Rios is a former legislator from Pinal County.
LD28 State Representative R Primary - Shawnna Bolick, Kate Brophy McGee, and Mary Hamway are contending for the two nominations here. Brophy McGee is an incumbent.
LD29 State Representative D Primary - Richard Andrade, Steve Chapman, Denice Martha Garcia, and Ceci Velasquez are on the ballot here.
AZSOS R Primary - Wil Cardon, Justin Pierce, and Michele Reagan are vying for the R nod here. Cardon is a businessman and Pierce and Reagan are sitting legislators.
AZAG R Primary - Mark Brnovich and Tom Horne are contending here. Horne is the incumbent here, but carries some heavy ethical baggage in the race.
AZ Treasurer R Primary - Jeff Dewit, Hugh Hallman, and Randy Pullen are on the ballot here.
AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction - Primaries on both sides of the ballot. David Garcia and Sharon Thomas are vying for the D nod; Diane Douglas and John Huppenthal are contending for the R nod. Huppenthal is the incumbent.
AZ Corporation Commission R Primary - Tom Forese, Doug Little, Lucy Mason, and Vernon Parker are on the ballot here.
In primary races, both R and D, I will make no predictions unless one or more of the candidates looks to be toast already.
Full list of primary candidates here; full list of candidates going directly to the general election ballot here.
CD1 R primary - Gary Kiehne, Adam Kwasman, and Andy Tobin will be fighting tooth-and-nail for the dubious privilege of (probably) losing to Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick in the general election.
CD2 R primary - Shelley Kais, Chuck Wooten, and Martha McSally will be fighting to challenge Democrat Ron Barber in the general. McSally has been the highest-profile candidate in the race, however, incumbent Barber is considered to be facing an uphill fight to hold onto the seat. The R primary could get "energetic". :)
CD7 D Primary - Ruben Gallego, Mary Rose Wilcox, Cesar Chavez, Jarret Maupin, Randy Camacho, and Johnnie Robinson are contending for the opportunity to win the seat held by the soon-to-be-retired Ed Pastor. Gallego and Wilcox are considered to be the front runners.
CD9 R Primary - Wendy Rogers and Andrew Walter are facing off for the chance to challenge Democratic incumbent Kyrsten Sinema.
Gov R Primary - Doug Ducey, Christine Jones, Ken Bennett, Al Melvin, Andrew Thomas, Scott Smith, and Frank Riggs are running. Even if I wanted to make predictions for R primaries, on this one I wouldn't - got no clue here.
LD6 State Senator - No primary, and no Democrat challenging incumbent R Chester Crandell, but this could be a race to watch. Former Republican legislator Tom O'Halleran submitted enough signatures to appear on the general election ballot.
LD7 State Senator - No Rs, 3 Ds - Appointed incumbent Carlyle Begay, current state representative Jamescita Peshlakai, and Eric Descheenie (don't know anything about him).
LD8 State Senator - Three Rs, Irene Littleton, Alan Pease, and Harold Vangilder, are squaring off for the chance to unseat incumbent Barbara McGuire.
LD11 State Senator R Primary - State rep Steve Smith and Scott Bartle will face off for a chance at replacing Al Melvin (running for governor) in the state senate.
LD13 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Don Shooter is facing a challenge from Toby Farmer.
LD15 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Nancy Barto is facing a challenge from David Ryan.
LD16 State Senator R Primary - Appointed incumbent David Farnsworth is facing Taylor McArthur.
LD18 State Senator R Primary - Open seat (incumbent John McComish is running for a different office); current state rep. Jeff Dial and former chair of the AZGOP Tom Morrissey are facing off.
LD20 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Kimberly Yee is facing a challenge from Justin Henry (he's a veteran and she opposed a study that would look into whether the use of medical marijuana could ameliorate the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD).
Note: the general election here could be very interesting - former Republican legislator Doug Quelland filed enough signatures to qualify for the general election ballot as an Independent.
LD23 State Senator R Primary - Open seat (incumbent Michele Reagan is running for a different office); current state rep. John Kavanagh and Scottsdale businessman Jeff Schwartz. Kavanagh is from Fountain Hills, but the bulk of the district is in north Scottsdale. Kavanagh has also become something of an ideological embarrassment to the chamber of commerce Republicans that dominate north Scottsdale politics. May be a primary to watch.
LD25 State Senator R Primary - Incumbent Bob Worsley is facing a challenge from Ralph Heap, an ally of the man that Worsley defeated in 2012, Russell Pearce.
LD26 State Senate - No primaries here, but a possible example of the Republicans trying to get cute in their quest to unseat incumbent Democrat Ed Ableser - officially, there isn't a Republican candidate in the race, but one Dale Eames filed enough signatures to make it on to the general election ballot as an Independent.
Have you heard of "RINOs/DINOs" (Republicans/Democrats In Name Only)?
Eames is an IINO (Independent In Name Only).
LD27 State Senator D Primary - Open seat (incumbent Leah Landrum Taylor is term-limited); current state rep. Catherine Miranda and Afghanistan veteran Aaron Marquez are the candidates here.
LD29 State Senator D Primary - Open seat (incumbent Steve Gallardo is running for another office); the district's two current state reps, Lydia Hernandez and Martin Quezada, are contending for the seat.
LD1 State Representative R Primary - Noel Campbell, Frank Englund, Karen Fann, and Linda Gray are contending for the two nominations here. Fann is an incumbent; Gray was formerly a legislator from the Phoenix area.
LD4 State Representative D Primary - Lisa Otondo, Charlene Fernandez, and Jose Suarez are facing off. Otondo is an incumbent.
LD5 State Representative R Primary - Sonny Borrelli, Jennifer Jones, Regina Cobb, Sam Medrano, and George Schnittgrund are running for the two nominations here. Borrelli is an incumbent..
LD7 State Representative D Primary - Jennifer Benally, Joshua Butler, and Albert Hale are on the ballot here, and Arlando Teller has registered as a write-in candidate. Hale is an incumbent.
LD8 State Representative R Primary - Wayne Bachmann, Darla Dawald, TJ Shope, and Frank Pratt are on the ballot here. Pratt and Shope are the incumbents.
LD11 State Representative R Primary - Mark Finchem, Jo Grant, and Vince Leach are on the ballot here. The two incumbents, Steve Smith and Adam Kwasman, are seeking other offices.
LD13 State Representative R Primary - Diane Landis, Darin Mitchell, and Steve Montenegro are on the ballot here. Mitchell and Montenegro are incumbents.
LD14 State Representative R Primary - David Stevens, David Gowan, and Susan Syfert are contending here. Stevens and Gowan are incumbents.
LD15 State Representative R Primary - Heather Carter, John Allen, and David Burnell Smith are on the ballot here. Carter and Allen are the incumbents; Smith is a former legislator with a "colorful" history.
LD16 State Representative R Primary - Doug Coleman, John Fillmore, Adam Stevens, and Kelly Townsend are vying for the two nominations here. Coleman and Townsend are incumbents; Fillmore is a former legislator.
LD18 State Representative R Primary - John King, Jill Norgaard, Bob Robson, and David Pheanis are on the ballot here; Robson is an incumbent. Scott Ryan has filed to run as an Independent on the general election ballot.
LD20 State Representative R Primary - Paul Boyer, Bill Adams, Thurane Aung Khin, Aaron Flannery, Anthony Kern, and Carl Seel are on the ballot. Seel and Boyer are incumbents.
LD21 State Representative R Primary - Rick Gray, Tony Rivero, and Bryan Hackbarth are vying for the two nominations here; Gray is an incumbent.
LD22 State Representative - No contested primaries here, but one Fred Botha filed to run on the general election ballot as an "Independent New Dude".
LD23 State Representative R Primary - Effie Carlson, Jay Lawrence, Bob Littlefield, and Michelle Ugenti are on the ballot here. Ugenti is an incumbent; Littlefield is a member of the Scottsdale City Council.
LD24 State Representative D Primary - Lela Alston, Richard Bauer, and Ken Clark are vying for the two nominations here. Alston is an incumbent.
LD25 State Representative R Primary - Rusty Bowers, Michelle Udall, Justin Olson, Jerry Walker and Haydee Dawson are on the ballot here. Olson is an incumbent, Bowers is a former legislator, and Walker is an ally of Russell Pearce who is known for having temperament issues.
LD27 State Representative D Primary - Reginald Bolding, Norma Munoz, Marcelino Quinonez, and Rebecca Rios are on the ballot here. Munoz is an incumbent; Rios is a former legislator from Pinal County.
LD28 State Representative R Primary - Shawnna Bolick, Kate Brophy McGee, and Mary Hamway are contending for the two nominations here. Brophy McGee is an incumbent.
LD29 State Representative D Primary - Richard Andrade, Steve Chapman, Denice Martha Garcia, and Ceci Velasquez are on the ballot here.
AZSOS R Primary - Wil Cardon, Justin Pierce, and Michele Reagan are vying for the R nod here. Cardon is a businessman and Pierce and Reagan are sitting legislators.
AZAG R Primary - Mark Brnovich and Tom Horne are contending here. Horne is the incumbent here, but carries some heavy ethical baggage in the race.
AZ Treasurer R Primary - Jeff Dewit, Hugh Hallman, and Randy Pullen are on the ballot here.
AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction - Primaries on both sides of the ballot. David Garcia and Sharon Thomas are vying for the D nod; Diane Douglas and John Huppenthal are contending for the R nod. Huppenthal is the incumbent.
AZ Corporation Commission R Primary - Tom Forese, Doug Little, Lucy Mason, and Vernon Parker are on the ballot here.
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