Morning Poll: Who Won Last Night’s Gubernatorial Debate?

Arizona has had more than its fair share of bad characters in the governor’s chair for too many years. Ev Mecham: Impeached. Fife Symington: Convicted. Jane Hull: Alt Fuels. Napolitano: Credit Card’s Maxed Out — Time to Quit. Now we’ve got these bozos to choose from…

Patrick Chorpenning, Former Arizona Veterans Services Director, Pleads Guilty to Corruption-Related Charges; Must Pay Back $451,351

Patrick Chorpenning, the former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, pleaded guilty today to two corruption-related felony charges. He’ll be sentenced on October 6 by Judge Susan Brnovich, but prosecutors have already agreed to a sentence that includes only probation. However, Chorpenning also agrees to pay back $451,351…

Morning Poll: Is Jon Hulburd a Republican?

One look at the tax plan of Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd and you’d think the guy’s a Republican.Hulburd’s plan includes things like extending the Bush tax cuts through 2012, permanently lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, and making permanent the current tax rate for…

Andrew Thomas Concedes in AG’s Race — Finally

It’s been fairly clear the past few days that former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas was gonna lose the Republican primary for state attorney general to Tom Horne. But he refused to concede.Can’t blame the guy for not throwin’ in the towel — it was a close race. But today…

Rodney Glassman Solidifies Runaway Staff With New Campaign Manager

Rodney Glassman, the Democratic Senate candidate hoping to unseat Senator John McCain, has filled one of the several holes that were left in his campaign staff following the alleged “jumping ship” of three of his top aids.The new kid on the block over at Glassman HQ is veteran Democratic strategist…

Morning Poll: Will Tom Horne Pull Out a Victory?

It’s still officially unofficial. The GOP primary for attorney general is still undecided and will likely remain so until at least tomorrow.As of last night, Tom Horne has a 419-vote lead over Andrew Thomas in the race with about 100,000 votes left uncounted.The majority of the uncounted votes come from…

Uncounted Vote Total Rises to 133,000 in State; Counting to Begin Again on Thursday

  About 12,000 provisional ballots were amassed today at the Maricopa County Elections department, officials say, bringing the total number of uncounted votes in Tuesday’s primary to at least 133,000. The provisional ballots are from voters who didn’t have proper identification at the polls, recently moved or had some other minor technical…

Dean Martin Officially Endorses Jan Brewer in Gov’s Race

Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin, who suspended his gubernatorial campaign in early July, is toeing the party line, announcing today that he is officially endorsing his one-time opponent Jan Brewer in the Arizona governor’s race.At one point Martin led in the polls in  the gubernatorial primary, but with the flick of…