Sahara Sajjadi is the Political Correspondent for The Copper Courier and a lifelong Arizonan. She earned her master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University.
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Elon Musk’s super PAC is spending in Arizona’s tightest House races
The world’s richest man just picked sides in the Feely–Shah and Ciscomani–Mendoza races. Democrats say voters will notice.
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Andy Biggs wants to be Arizona’s governor. His votes cost voters thousands of dollars
US Rep. Andy Biggs is running for governor on an affordability platform, but his votes have made life more expensive in Arizona.
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Ciscomani voted to cut SNAP and Medicaid. It could cost him his seat
Southern Arizona lost a hospital and hundreds of Casa Grande jobs—and Arizona lost more food aid than any other state in the country.
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Jay Feely says he’s all Trump. His donors say he’s all Kari Lake
Jay Feely calls himself a staunch Trump supporter. Turns out his MAGA ties may be deeper than that.
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AG Mayes calls for data center halt
Citing soaring utility bills and deepening drought, Arizona’s attorney general is urging state leaders to freeze new data center approvals until resource protections are in place.
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Abortion splits Shah, Feely in Arizona’s top swing seat
With national abortion access hanging in the balance, a high-stakes Arizona swing district is testing how much federal threats to reproductive care still move voters at the ballot box.
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Arizona advocates call out Biggs for protecting predators
At a press conference, survivors pointed to Biggs’ decades-long record of siding with predators over their victims.
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He saved 2 sick goats. Now this Arizona lawyer faces prison
After taking two ailing animals from a California dairy, an attorney risks felony convictions and losing his law license.
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Over 20 years, Andy Biggs repeatedly voted to protect sex predators
Past state and federal votes on penalties for predators are coming back to haunt US Rep. Andy Biggs as he runs for governor.
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After about seven months in ‘deplorable’ Arizona detention, a Maine man is free
A Maine father spent several months in ICE detention. Now free, he says the trauma hasn’t left him.
