Stories tagged: "Kern"


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Arizona Republican Legislators Announce Formal Opposition to Ranked Choice Voting

With ranked choice, voters can rank candidates numerically. If no candidate wins right out, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes are redistributed based on voters’ second choices, etc.

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Where Are They Now? A Look Back on Arizona’s Insurrectionist Lawmakers

They spent the last two years defending a violent attack on the US Capitol that they played a hand in. Here's where they’ve ended up, and what role they’ll take in shaping Arizona in 2023.

FILE - Members of the Oath Keepers on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A North Carolina man pleaded guilty on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, to conspiring with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group to forcefully halt the peaceful transfer of power after President Joe Biden's 2020 electoral victory. William Todd Wilson, 44, is the third Oath Keepers member to plead guilty to a seditious conspiracy charge stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
These 4 Arizona Lawmakers Have Ties to the Oath Keepers, a Far-Right, Anti-Government Group

Several Arizona lawmakers have expressed support or admiration for the Oath Keepers during or before their time in office.

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Schwiebert, Ervin, Call for Focus on Affordable Housing at LD20 Debate

As part of our efforts to help voters feel informed as the November election approaches, we're creating an overview of local races throughout the state.

PHOENIX, AZ - AUGUST 04: Paul and Dottie Hoffman exit after casting their vote during Arizona's primary election at Phoenix Laestadian Lutheran Church on August 4, 2020 in Cave Creek, Arizona. Larger venues have been catered to allow for social distancing as adjustments are made in light of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)
Voters in the North Phoenix: Here’s What’s on Your Ballot, and Where You Can Vote

Here are the down-ballot elections voters in LD20 can expect to find on their ballot for the Nov. 3 election, along with a list of voting centers and ballot drop-off locations

The Copper Courier Voter Guide: Arizona’s 20th Legislative District

As part of our efforts to help voters feel informed as the November election approaches, we're creating an overview of local races throughout the state.

With Democrats eyeing November pickups they hope will give them control of the Arizona Legislature for the first time in decades, business interests are pumping cash into their primaries. But the biggest knock-down, drag-out primary fight pits two sitting lawmakers in a Republican north Phoenix district battling for the soul of the GOP base. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Republican’s Majority in the State House Could Hinge on These Three Districts

Here are three races that could end the Republican trifecta over Arizona’s state government.