Voters moved – but not moved to shift votes – by McCain’s Trump rebuke

WASHINGTON - Was Sen. John McCain's decision to withdraw his endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a principled stand by a political maverick or the calculated move of a career politician?

McCain Rally

AZ county officials: Early ballots may signal high election turnout

PHOENIX – Some Arizona county elections officials said they expect high voter turnout this November after receiving a surge of early ballots this week.


Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s lawyer calls contempt charge ‘political’

PHOENIX - Two weeks before the toughest election in his 24-year career, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was charged Tuesday with criminal contempt of court.


Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio charged with criminal contempt

PHOENIX - U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton signed the order to officially charge Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt-of-court on Tuesday.


Arizona Horizon: October 21, 2016

Alia Beard Rau of The Arizona Republic, Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services and Steve Goldstein of KJZZ discuss the results of an Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll


Arizona: Will you trust the presidential election results?

At the final presidential debate, Donald Trump would not commit to accepting the results of the election.

Tucson Elections

Giffords, Kelly bring ‘Vocal Majority’ gun-control tour to Washington

WASHINGTON - In the five years since then-Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was critically injured in a Tucson shooting that killed six and wounded 13, Congress has been unable to pass gun reforms, her husband said Thursday.

Giffords Guns

Voting groups welcome Maricopa County plan to cut poll wait times

WASHINGTON - Voting rights advocates Thursday lauded the final approval of a plan aimed at cutting lines and reducing wait times to no more than 30 minutes at polling places across Maricopa County, beginning with the Nov. 8 presidential election.


Poll: Arpaio trails Penzone, AZ voters oppose border wall and deportations

PHOENIX - Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio trails his Democratic opponent Paul Penzone by almost 15 points, according to an Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll released Thursday.


Poll: Arizona voters still split on Prop 205 to legalize marijuana

About half of Arizona voters still support Proposition 205, the ballot measure to relax legal restrictions on recreational marijuana use, but the percentage of those opposed increased by two percentage points in recent weeks, according to the most recent Arizona Republic/Morrison/Cronkite News poll.


Arizona voters favor minimum wage boost, but some economists have doubts

PHOENIX – A recent poll shows that a strong majority of Arizona voters support Proposition 206, a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020. However, some local economists have expressed doubts about whether the measure would actually help low-wage workers climb out of poverty and some fear it may actually hurt the economy.


Chelsea Clinton urges AZ voters to choose Hillary Clinton for US president

TEMPE – Chelsea Clinton on Wednesday spoke at a rally Arizona State University's Tempe campus where she talked about college tuition and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's college affordability plan.