John Giles speaks to a journalist from Fox10 at a September 2024 presidential debate watch party. (Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)
Katie Hobbs names John Giles as her running mate in a play for crossover voters
Former Republican and Mesa Mayor John Giles is Gov. Katie Hobbs’ pick for lieutenant governor.
Giles, a Republican-turned-independent, was rumored to be Hobbs’ top choice for weeks, but the Democrat finally made the announcement early Tuesday.
“At a time when too many politicians are focused on partisan politics, Arizona deserves a lieutenant governor who…
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Republicans make their final case for the Arizona Supreme Court to revive voucher measure
A trial court judge incorrectly kicked a proposed constitutional amendment to protect private school voucher money for students in military families off the ballot because he read its two sections “in isolation” rather than as part of the whole, attorneys for GOP lawmakers and parents of voucher recipients told the Arizona Supreme Court.
The core of the legal battle centers around whether a ballot measure called Proposition 145 violates…
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Democrats target two more Arizona races to bid to end GOP’s 60-year grip on the legislature
National Democrats are expanding the list of races at the Arizona legislature they are investing in to attempt to flip one or both chambers to Democrats for the first time in 60 years.
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee had previously announced it was targeting 15 races across the state, but on Wednesday announced it is adding two more races to that list…
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