Elections

On the heels of a protracted City Council election that played out over the past two weeks that saw three incumbents re-elected, the city...

When parents are waiting to pick up their kids from the schools that sit along Porter Road, the traffic can get ugly in hurry...

The field of primary election candidates for Maricopa City Council is set. Four candidates – three incumbents and one challenger – filed paperwork and submitted...

Passage of MUSD override a boon to district The narrow – and for now, unofficial – passage of Proposition 457 will benefit students and the...

  Arizona was one of four states on Election Day to pass a ballot issue allowing recreational marijuana. Two states approved medical marijuana. In Arizona, Proposition 207...

The crew at Pinal County Elections Department counted 9,000 more ballots Thursday and expects to count 8,000 of the remaining 32,000 today. In a post...

Quality schools help drive robust economic development in Maricopa. Literally, it is one of the most important factors businesses, retail establishments, CEOs, corporations and...

Maricopa’s first top cop now wants to be the county’s top cop. Patrick Melvin, a Cobblestone resident, says he will run as a Democrat in...

Arizona Senate President Karen Fann announced she is appointing Sen. Vince Leach to the position of president pro tempore, or “pro tem.” Leach represents Legislative...

Barring any 11th-hour developments, the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board is set for the next two years – without an election. The board will...

By Miriam Ordonez / ASU Cronkite School of Journalism Proposition 207, which would allow adults over the age of 21 to possess and grow small...

While in the desert of Iraq as a U.S. Navy SEAL, becoming a politician and running for office was the furthest thing from Eli...

The fate of the Maricopa Unified School District’s current budget override will be decided today, as the deadline to receive ballots in the all-mail...

They’re coming. It’s inevitable. Like a plague of locusts, campaign signs will soon invade the city, covering seemingly every square foot of available space for...

  Andre LaFond thought his chances of joining Maricopa City Council were over on primary night. Even as the vote count continued through the week, it...

An Apache Junction city council member is resigning his seat to run for a spot in the Arizona Legislature in the newly reconfigured District...

Pinal County officials have recently identified errors with early voting ballots resulting in missing or inaccurate city and town contests in some jurisdictions and...

Several Maricopa city leaders say the Pinal County Supervisors are ignoring input from city leaders and citizens on the boundaries of the county’s new...

Early ballots are in the mail. The General Election is upon us. A dizzying array of statewide propositions and all of Arizona’s key leadership positions...

While preliminary results of the vote on the Maricopa Unified School District budget override bill show just 131 votes separating the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’...

A group of Maricopa officials spoke out on the Primary Election issues plaguing Pinal County at Wednesday’s Pinal County Board of Supervisors meeting and...

The good news for Pinal County voters is this month’s general election went off without a hitch, votes were counted properly and on time,...

The Republican slate of candidates for State Legislature to represent Maricopa is filling up less than six months shy of the August 2 primary...

Here’s the current picture in city, county, state and federal races in Tuesday’s general election. The Pinal County Elections Department said Wednesday morning that 41,000...

School counselor Amber Liermann was up before 4 a.m. Wednesday working out and then placing orders for supplies. One would hardly know she had been...

The polls have closed and now the count begins for the 2020 primary election. Pinal County Elections Department will again have a livestream of the...

With the presidential election nearing, there seems to be some confusion or misunderstanding about the Electoral College and the role it pays. The Electoral College...

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors selected Teresa Martinez to replace Rep. Bret Roberts in Legislative District 11 Wednesday. Roberts, who is moving to South...

  This year, the terms end for three members of the Maricopa Unified School District, and all three are seeking re-election. Four candidates will appear...

Six people are running for three seats on Maricopa City Council – Linette Caroselli, Julia Gusse, Andre LaFond, Amber Liermann, Bob Marsh and Nancy...