The Arizona Green Party says that Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier are fraudulent candidates backed by Republicans who hope to siphon votes away from Democratic incumbents in the gubernatorial and secretary of state races, respectively. (Photo by Jim Small/Arizona Mirror)
‘Sham’ Green Party candidates tied to GOP machine as they funnel cash to a mystery company
They say they’re genuine Green Party candidates, but Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier are working hand-in-hand with Arizona’s Republican campaign machine, seemingly violating Clean Elections rules and sending huge chunks of public campaign funding to a shadowy, newly minted Nevada business.
The Arizona Green Party says they are fraudulent candidates, Republicans in disguise hoping...
(Photos by Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0))
OPINION | As they weigh lieutenant governor picks, Biggs and Hobbs are both chasing John McCain’s voters
Gov. Katie Hobbs and Rep. Andy Biggs have yet to name their running mates — the first time Arizona gubernatorial candidates must choose a lieutenant governor — but they’re already telling voters exactly what they’re thinking.
The frenzy over who each will choose to be first in the line of succession isn’t just political gossip. The pick will show which voters they believe they still need to win...
U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego and former President Barack Obama at an October 2024 campaign rally in Tucson. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Gallego donates Palantir cash to immigrant relief fund, cuts ties with ICE’s ‘tech backbone’
Democratic U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego donated $17,500 his campaign received from executives for surveillance company Palantir to help undocumented immigrants, the Arizona Mirror has learned.
Gallego donated the campaign money to...
A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on Nov. 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Trump administration sustains defeat on vote-by-mail order in federal appeals court
The Trump administration on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a district court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s broad March 31 executive order restricting vote-by-mail.
The move came just two days after a federal appeals court denied the administration’s request to resume the controversial plan, which would force significant limits and...
A lawsuit filed in 2023 by abortion providers in Kansas, Montana and Virginia challenges the FDA’s restrictions on mifepristone as excessive, unwarranted and inconsistent with other legal requirements. A federal judge ruled Thursday that the federal agency didn’t sufficiently justify the Biden-era rules. (Photo by Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent)
Federal judge says certain abortion drug restrictions are unlawful
A federal judge in Virginia ruled Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not sufficiently justify restrictions imposed in 2023 on a drug used to terminate early pregnancies, adding another layer of complexity to a string of legal cases with opposing goals that could affect future abortion access.
The lawsuit was filed in 2023 by abortion providers in Kansas, Montana and Virginia to challenge...
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