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Dem losses lead Fontes to weigh primary challenge for Hobbs in …
Nov 19, 2024 · The new Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, second from left, shakes hands with new Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, right, as Hobbs' husband Patrick Goodman, left, looks on after an oath of office ceremony at the state Capitol in …
Arizona election results delayed after a long ballot and a court …
Nov 6, 2024 · In Maricopa County, officials estimated on Tuesday night that they still had about 700,000 early ballots to process. Typically, in the first round of results at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night, the county releases the results from all early ballots cast up to the Friday before Election Day.
Monitoring reports show prison health care provider NaphCare, …
Oct 1, 2024 · “One of the things that the court experts told Judge Silver in their report was that there’s all this new staff that needed to be hired, and NaphCare would not do it for months because they said their contract with the state needed to be amended first before they would even try to recruit more staff,” said Corene Kendrick, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union National ...
Arizona Supreme Court blocks Kari Lake’s final appeal to overturn …
Nov 10, 2024 · Kari Lake is not going to be the governor of Arizona – at least not unless she runs again in 2026 and wins. Without comment the Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday turned away her last-ditch effort in her bid to argue that she, and not Katie Hobbs, was elected governor in 2022. That leaves undisturbed
Ruben Gallego outspent Kari Lake to win Senate seat but other …
Nov 21, 2024 · Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix, with wife Sydney Barron at the Arizona Democratic Party election night watch party in Phoenix on Nov. 5, 2024, before his victory over Kari Lake for an open U.S. Senate seat was declared.
Proposition 139 Sparks Legal Debate Over Abortion Rights and …
Oct 21, 2024 · Gov. Katie Hobbs insists that if voters approve Proposition 139 it won’t allow minors to get an abortion without parental consent. That puts her at direct odds with foes who point out the measure would create a “fundamental right” to terminate an abortion – one that extends to “every individual.”
Court orders release of 218,000 names of voters possibly lacking ...
Nov 4, 2024 · “These folks are shameless in their legal efforts,” said Fontes of Stronger Communities, a group that has been liked to politically conservative causes like stopping what it calls the “deep state,” removing “explicit books” from county libraries and fighting “radical goals” at the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Judges face increased scrutiny in upcoming election
Sep 23, 2024 · Johnson’s no-vote recommendation is based on her September 2022 ruling lifting an injunction on the 1864 abortion ban after the reversal of Roe v. Wade and finding the all-out ban to take precedence over the 15-week limit passed by the Legislature.. Gavel Watch advised against retaining Paton as her husband, Jonathan Paton, served on the Appellate Court Judicial Nominating Commission at the ...
Justice faces ethics complaint over pledge to ‘fight for …
Oct 23, 2024 · “The making of a pledge, promise, or commitment is not dependent upon, or limited to, the use of any specific words or phrases; instead, the totality of the statement must be examined to determine if a reasonable person would believe that the candidate for judicial office has specifically undertaken to reach a particular result,” the rules hold.