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THE ARIZONA EXAMINER
Rep. Ralph Heap denied exit from Clean Elections program as sign spending probe continues
The Clean Elections Commission unanimously refused to let Corporation Commission candidate Rep. Ralph Heap leave public funding, saying he asked too late, as it investigates a complaint about his sign spending.
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Ginni Thomas urged Rep. Shawnna Bolick and Speaker Rusty Bowers to pick new electors after 2020, AP reports
The Associated Press reported that Ginni Thomas emailed Rep. Shawnna Bolick and House Speaker Rusty Bowers after the 2020 election urging them to choose their own electors, and that Bolick later introduced a bill to let lawmakers replace electors.
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Rep. Shawnna Bolick's bill would let the Legislature revoke Arizona's presidential electors
KJZZ reported in 2021 that Rep. Shawnna Bolick's bill would let the Arizona Legislature, by majority vote, revoke the certification of the presidential electors voters choose; Bolick called the coverage click bait.
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Bolick appointed to Arizona Senate
The Arizona Mirror reports on Shawnna Bolick's 2023 appointment to the Arizona Senate, recounting her 2021 bill to let lawmakers override voters' presidential choice, the Ginni Thomas emails, and a supervisor's doubts about her qualifications.
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Schools, budgets and the balance of power frame the contest in a swing Scottsdale-area district
The Arizona Mirror profiles the Legislative District 4 House race, where Republican Reps. Matt Gress and Pamela Carter face Democrats Karen Gresham and Tammy Caputi, with control of the Arizona House at stake.
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Gress touted a 'Maricopa County Excellence Award' the county board never created
Axios Phoenix reports that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors never created the county excellence award Rep. Matt Gress posted about; one supervisor handed it out, and both men defended it.
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Gun safety advocates launch ad campaign to flip Arizona legislature
Everytown for Gun Safety launched an LD2 ad accusing Sen. Shawnna Bolick of doing nothing to stop gun violence; the Mirror reports Democratic gun bills never got a hearing, so she could not vote on them, and that she backed a GOP school gun safety bill.
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Progressive group targets GOP donations from PAC tied to charter school CEO
Opportunity Arizona speakers asked the 25 Republicans who took money from a charter school CEO's PAC to return it, and Judy Schwiebert called out Sen. Shawnna Bolick for her $1,000; the complaint and the attorney general's investigation are aimed at the PAC.
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Criminal probe targets PAC funded by charter school management company
The Arizona Attorney General's Office is investigating the Educational Freedom Fund PAC over alleged illegal corporate contributions; the story lists 25 Republican recipients, including Shawnna Bolick, Matt Gress, Carine Werner and Janae Shamp, but does not accuse any of them of wrongdoing.
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Airbnb says GOP PAC's signs attacking Lieberman over trans athletes don't reflect its views
Airbnb says it did not know about the Arizona Senate Victory Fund's signs attacking Democrat Aaron Lieberman over trans athletes, though its donations put its logo on them.
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Arizona Agenda calls Prop 320, the 60% school spending measure Gress helped design, misleading
The Arizona Agenda argues that Prop 320, a measure Matt Gress and Jake Hoffman helped design, is sold as a teacher pay boost though its text never mentions teachers.
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Republican PAC sign in LD4 ties Lieberman to felon voting, citing a bill that never mentions felons
The Arizona Agenda reports that a Republican PAC sign attacking Democrat Aaron Lieberman in the LD4 Senate race cites a 2019 bill that says nothing about felons.
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Gress ad says he passed Ava's Law, a bill a Democrat sponsored and he co-sponsored
The Arizona Agenda reports that a Matt Gress ad credits him with passing a Democrat's bill, and that a Democratic mailer about Gress misstates his record.
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Tolleson Union superintendent files defamation lawsuit against Rep. Matt Gress
Tolleson Union superintendent Jeremy Calles alleges in a lawsuit that Rep. Matt Gress defamed him and hurt his consulting business, claims Gress calls meritless.
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Rep. Rachel Keshel declines to confirm she lives in LD17 as records draw scrutiny
The Tucson Agenda reviewed records bearing on whether Rep. Rachel Keshel lives in the Tucson district she represents, and she declined to confirm that she does.
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Grand jury indicts 18 in fake electors scheme, including two AZ state senators
The Arizona Mirror's April 2024 report on the fake electors indictment lists the 11 Arizona electors charged, including Sen. Jake Hoffman, and includes his statement calling the case political persecution.
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Emails show Ginni Thomas asked GOP lawmaker Shawnna Bolick for help overturning Biden's Arizona win
Emails first reported by The Washington Post show Ginni Thomas asked Rep. Shawnna Bolick to help award Arizona's 2020 presidential electors to Donald Trump, and records show Bolick replied by directing her to take any fraud complaints to the attorney general.
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Republican Sen. Jake Hoffman's probe into Katie Hobbs is a pay-to-play mess of its own
In an Arizona Mirror opinion column, Elvia Díaz argues that Sen. Jake Hoffman discredited his own investigation of Gov. Katie Hobbs, since moved to another Senate committee, because his firm is paid to help defeat her.
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Hobbs probe leaves Sen. Jake Hoffman's committee after Democrats question his role
Senate Republicans moved their investigation of Gov. Katie Hobbs out of Sen. Jake Hoffman's committee and named a special counsel, three days after Senate Democrats questioned Hoffman's role.
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Two residents ask attorney general to remove Sen. Janae Shamp over residency; she denies the claim
Two residents allege Sen. Janae Shamp lives outside her district and want the attorney general to remove her; Shamp denies it and the office is reviewing.
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