(UPDATED) CNN and NBC News Calls Arizona for Hobbs: It Looks Like Sanity Will Prevail Over Chaos
This is a developing story and will be updated. In all likelihood, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs will become the next Governor of the state of Arizona. Advertisement NBC News has called the race for Secretary Hobbs. So has CNN. She currently has an over 20,000 vote lead over Trump Republican Kari Lake. Governor-Elect … Read more
SCOTUS Clears The Way For January 6 Committee to Get Coup Plotter Kelli Ward’s Phone Records
Editor’s Note 11/16/2022: Ward has not announced her intent to run again in 2023 (I think she would likely have the support to do so, since the AZGOP seems to love losers…) but Karrin Taylor-Robson called for her resignation following the AP call that Hobbs had defeated Lake. AZGOP has spent the last four years … Read more
Democrats Had a Good Night In State Legislatures In The Midterm Election
Above: Michigan’s governor/secretary of state/attorney general will have “trifecta” control of the Michigan legislature for the first time in 40 years after a citizens initiative created an independent redistricting commission to create competitive fair districts. Despite Democratic gains in 2018 and 2020, turning Arizona into a “purple state,” The so-called Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission earlier … Read more
Democrats Sweep GOP Election Deniers In Battleground States For Secretary Of State
Above: h/t Huffington Post Illustration. Before the election, Trump sycophant and election denier Jim Marchant (R-NV) openly declared that the team of Republican election deniers he had recruited to run for Secretary of State in battleground states that Trump lost in 2020 would ensure that Trump (or whomever the GQP nominee is in 2024) would … Read more
With Tonights Drop, Hobbs Mathematically Closer to Becoming Arizona’s Next Governor
Over the weekend, leading statewide Democratic statewide candidates kept their lead over their Republican opponents. Currently, Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Katie Hobbs has a 26,011 lead over Trump Republican Kari Lake. Attorney General Nominee Kris Mayes has an 11,328 lead over Trumpist Abe Hamadeh. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman has a 592-vote lead over Tom … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of November 13, 2022
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political … Read more
LD 17 May Produce an Arizona State House Tie
As of 6pm’s tabulation drop, it looks like Dana Allmond is within reasonable striking distance of taking one of the two state House seats in LD 17. She is only 300 votes behind second place, and only 1200 behind the overall lead. There are still about 70K ballots left to process and tabulate in Pima … Read more
