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Arizona Secretary of State Latie Hobbs, left, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Kris Mayes, a Democrat running for attorney general, speak to reporters outside the Arizona Attorney General's Office in Phoenix on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

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GOP quiet as Arizona Democrats condemn abortion ruling
By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press
Sat,09/24/22-3:48PM , 107 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats vowed Saturday to fight for women's rights after a court reinstated a law first enacted during the Civil War that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances, looking to capitalize on an is
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Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Once McCain's party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots
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Sun,09/18/22-7:02AM , 148 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — Simmering discontent among a segment of Arizona Republicans over John McCain's famous penchant for bucking his party boiled over in the winter of 2014 with the censure of the longtime U.S. senator.
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Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake attends a rally in Florence, Ariz., on Jan. 15, 2022. Lake condemned the growing cultural clout of drag queens, jumping into the latest social grievance taking hold on the right. Her comments were quickly condemned by Richard Stevens, one of the most popular drag performers in Phoenix, who says Lake regularly attended drag shows and had photos on his social media accounts of Lake posing with drag queens and screenshots of his conversations with her. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Drag queen blasts GOP candidate for Arizona governor
By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press
Mon,06/20/22-7:53PM , 159 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the frontrunner in the Republican primary for Arizona governor, condemned the growing cultural clout of drag queens, jumping into the latest social grievance taking hold on the right.
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks before President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Last straw: Fed-up Arizona Democrats censure Sen. Sinema
By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press
Fri,01/21/22-11:19PM , 90 Reads
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party’s most influential officials and donors after playing a key role in scuttling voting rights legislation that many consider essential to preserving democracy.
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