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Sheriff Chris Nanos wins primary. He’ll face Republican Heather Lappin in November.
Incumbent Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos handily won the Democratic primary yesterday. His challenger, Sandy Rosenthal, who focused his campaign on Nanos’ handling of the jail and his ability to hire and maintain sheriff’s department staff, failed to convince enough voters to send him to the general election in November.
GOP vice presidential nominee JD Vance will speak in Glendale and visit Cochise County this week
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance — Donald Trump’s running mate — will make campaign stops in Glendale and Cochise County this week. Vance plans to arrive at the airport in Phoenix at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 31 then make a speech at 6 p.m. at a rally at the Arizona Christian University Event Center, 1 W. Firestorm Way, Building 1100 , in Glendale. He is expected to talk about economic and border policies. Doors open at 3 p.m. for the rally. Sign up for tickets .
Un día en las urnas: actualizaciones en vivo de las Elecciones Primarias de Arizona de 2024
Los votantes de Arizona decidirán hoy quién estará en las boletas de las elecciones generales del 5 de noviembre en contiendas en todo el estado, desde el sheriff del condado de Pima hasta el Senado de los Estados Unidos.
Live Arizona election results: Kari Lake and Juan Ciscomani win primaries
Kari Lake appears to have won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate with about two thirds of votes counted. She will face Democrat Ruben Gallego in the general election. In the Republican primary for U.S. House of Representatives District 6 — a swing district with a history of close elections that includes parts of Pima, Pinal, Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties — incumbent Juan Ciscomani defeated challenger Kathleen Winn.
Pima County primary election results: Attorney Laura Conover and Sheriff Chris Nanos win
Laura Conover has won a second term as Pima County attorney, as results from Arizona’s primary election to choose party representatives in races for Pima County attorney, sheriff, treasurer and board of supervisors seats rolled in Tuesday night.
A day at the polls: Live updates from the 2024 Arizona Primary Election
Polls are now closed and Arizona voters decided today who will be on the Nov. 5 general election ballots in races across the state, from Pima County attorney winner Laura Conover to the U.S. Senate where Kari Lake will face Ruben Gallego.
Your voter guide: Arizona primary election 2024
Between July 3 and July 30, Arizona voters can participate in choosing which state and local candidates they want to see on the general election ballot in November. The recognized political parties in the 2024 primary election are Democrat, Republican, Green and Libertarian. The No Labels party is not holding a primary.
Growing socialist party hosts event in Tucson to pitch Arizona’s independent, discontented voters
Leveling scathing criticisms at the country’s dominant political parties and hoping to inspire a mass grassroots movement, the vice presidential candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Karina Garcia, spoke to a crowd of supporters in Tucson on Wednesday night.
An old Tucson fire station will become a shelter for 100 in the Amphi neighborhood
An old fire station in the Amphi neighborhood will become a new shelter and assistance hub for unhoused people, the only housing-first effort in the neighborhood. The endeavor is part of the city’s Housing First Program, which aims to address homelessness by prioritizing getting people sheltered and providing them additional support and services.
“Before it felt like a convention, but now it feels like a party:” Democratic delegate Gabriella Cázares-Kelly cites new DNC energy
After weeks of intraparty division over President Joe Biden’s candidacy, delegates to the upcoming Democratic National Convention — including Democratic delegate and Pima County Recorder Gabriella Cázares-Kelly — are rallying rapidly and enthusiastically behind Vice President Kamala Harris as their party’s new presidential candidate.
Sen. Kelly, delegates, ballot deadlines: 4 Arizona election questions answered now that Biden has dropped out
President Joe Biden’s announcement July 21 of his decision to drop out of the U.S. presidential race has prompted a flurry of concerns and questions in Arizona, including how the Democratic National Convention will work, who will become the party’s nominee, and who will be that nominee’s choice for vice president.
AZ Sen. Mark Kelly mentioned as possible VP candidate for Kamala Harris as Biden drops out of 2024 race
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent’s fitness for office. The unprecedented announcement, delivered less than four months before the election, immediately upended a campaign that both political parties view as the most consequential in generations.
Global outage took down Pima County’s online ballot request, some Maricopa vote centers; state says no issues with main elections systems
A global tech outage has affected some election systems in Arizona as of noon Friday, but state and county officials say they are working swiftly to fix any issues and expect a quick recovery.
La fecha límite para que los votantes independientes soliciten una boleta para la elección primaria es el 19 de julio
Los sistemas de la oficina del registrador del condado de Pima estuvieron fuera de servicio el viernes 19 de julio, debido a una interrupción tecnológica global. Si necesitas solicitar una boleta por correo, llama al 1-520-724-4330 .
Arizona is a ‘lawyer desert:’ State Supreme Court launches apprentice program for those with lower bar exam scores
The state Supreme Court has announced an apprenticeship program for law school graduates that creates a new pathway to practice in Arizona and aims to boost the low number of attorneys in the state.
A fact check of ominous claims around illegal immigration made at the Republican convention
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and MELISSA GOLDIN, The Associated Press. After Donald Trump triumphantly entered the hall on the second night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, the program turned to one of his signature issues: illegal immigration. An ominous video of chaos at the U.S.-Mexico border led into to a speech by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who declared, “We are facing an invasion on our southern border.”
Deadline for independent voters to request a primary election ballot is July 19
Pima County Recorder’s Office systems were down Friday, July 19 caused by the global technology outage. If you need to request a mail ballot, call 1-520-724-4330 . Elections can be confusing for independent voters in Arizona. If you’re not affiliated with a political party, you can vote in Arizona’s primary election in July 2024, but you’ll need to take an extra step or two.
Pima County mailed sample ballots with a date error. This is how the elections department is fixing it.
Elections department officials are reaching out to Pima County voters who received a sample ballot mailer with the wrong date for Arizona’s primary election. As local and state elections officials continue to combat mistrust and false claims about election fraud in Arizona, community members at Tuesday’s board of supervisors meeting cited the mistake among several complaints and conspiracies.
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox . In 2022, Arizona pioneered the largest school voucher program in the history of education. Under a new law, any parent in the state, no matter how affluent, could get a taxpayer-funded voucher worth up to tens of thousands of dollars to spend on private school tuition, extracurricular programs or homeschooling supplies.
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