Buehler-Garcia tries again to take Uhlich's Ward 3 Tucson City Council seat

Ben Buehler-Garcia

Buehler-Garcia tries again to take Uhlich's Ward 3 Tucson City Council seat

Republican Ben Buehler-Garcia is taking another shot at capturing the Ward 3 City Council seat.

Challenger files for Ward 5 council seat

The first challenger to an incumbent Tucson City Council member filed his nominating petition signatures Tuesday.

DuVal makes it official: He'll seek Democratic gubernatorial nod

Phoenix Democrat Fred DuVal made his run for governor official on Wednesday, saying the state is at a crossroads.

Marana mail vote to decide budget question

Marana voters are about to engage in another round of mail voting.

Voters decide sewer-plant question, elect council

In its first all-mail election Tuesday, Marana voters allowed the town to run its own sewer system, ending a years-long dispute between the town and Pima County.

Realtor group figured heavily in ACC election

PHOENIX - The state may be getting an all-Republican Corporation Commission because of a last-minute move by the Arizona Association of Realtors to get a panel it thinks will be friendlier to its issues.

Brewer gets $250K for PAC after deadline to report it

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer received $250,000 from a Las Vegas billionaire for her political action committee one day after the deadline that would have required her to publicly report it.

Political notebook: Peace on Earth, ill will 'tween Antenori, Kozachik

'Tis the season to put aside vendettas and seek comity among your fellow man. Unless of course the men in question are named Kozachik and Antenori.

AZ turnout dipped, but nationally it was down even more

PHOENIX - A smaller percentage of Arizonans went to the polls this year than in either of the last two presidential elections.

Brewer can't run again in 2014, Bennett says

PHOENIX - The state's chief election officer said Monday that his interpretation of state law is that Republican Jan Brewer's reign as governor must end in January 2015, no matter what she and her lawyer say.

Huckelberry seeks help to smooth elections

To make sure ballot counting goes more quickly in the next election, there's a lot of work to be done.

Question over spending leads regents to kill fee raised by student group

PHOENIX - The state Board of Regents voted 7-2 Monday to suspend the ability of the Arizona Students' Association to impose its $2-a-semester fee on university students, amid questions of how the money is being spent.

Cortez wins 4th term on PCC board

The longest-serving member of Pima Community College's Governing Board has won a fourth six-year term, official election results show.

Guest Column: Arizona's nonpartisan redistricting creates fairer election outcomes

As Arizona's election results become final, the benefits of nonpartisan redistricting become clear - at least if one believes that election results should reflect the will of the electorate. Compare what happened in Arizona's congressional elections with the results in three states that were…

Goal now: figure out why so many received provisional ballots

With ballot counting finally wrapped up Monday, Pima County officials are beginning to investigate why more than 27,000 voters received provisional ballots on Election Day.

Vote-count auditing reforms urged on county supervisors

For six years, election integrity activist Mickey Duniho has been demanding Pima County strengthen its ballot audit procedures by sorting early ballots.

Barber's lead over McSally grows as counting continues

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber's lead over Republican challenger Martha McSally grew with the latest batch of votes counted by Pima County election workers. But the Congressional District 2 race remains too close to call.

McSally, still trailing, attends orientation

Republican Martha McSally is going through freshman orientation for new U.S. House members in Washington, D.C., this week, despite a growing margin favoring her opponent, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber.

McSally stronghold ends vote count for Wednesday

Cochise County, where Republican Congressional District 2 candidate Martha McSally made her strongest showing, finished counting its last votes Wednesday.