It the Dads’ turn.

Let’s celebrate Father’s Day with the Best Dad InMaricopa Contest, sponsored by ACE Maricopa Hardware.

Nominate your favorite father by filling out the nomination form on our contest page.

Dads must be Maricopa residents. Nominate your father, your husband, your son-in-law, your brother, nephew, friend, grandfather – simply the best dad in town.

Nominations can be made from through 6 p.m. on June 8. Readers will be able vote for their favorites from noon June 9 through 6 p.m. June 15. Readers can vote once every 24 hours.


Go to our contest page now to nominate your favorite father!


The winners will be notified June 16 and announced on Father’s Day, June 19.

Winners will receive one of the following three packages with the 1st place winner choosing first, followed by the 2nd place winner, then the 3rd place winner:

• Whole house paint package with 25 gallons of Dunn Edwards paint – $1,000 retail value
• DeWalt power tools combo kit, plus swag – $1,000 retail value
• Traeger Pro 575 Grill ($899.95 value), plus the Pro 575 starter package ($144 value), which includes grill cover, chicken rub, prime rib rub and pork, poultry rub, apricot BBQ sauce, Traeger’ Que BBQ Sauce, Traeger hat and Traeger holiday ornament.

The prize packages are valued at more than $3,000 total.

Additional prizes will be donated to the winners by local businesses.