Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who was a member of the Green Party before 2004, was one of seven Senate Democrats (and one Independent) who voted with all 50 Republicans today to kill debate on consideration of an increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. …
Posts tagged as “Arizona”
Arizona Libertarian Party Loses Ballot Access Case
This case was last discussed on IPR here.
A decision came out today and discussed here on Ballot Access News.…
Ballot Access News: Arizona Libertarian Party Files Amended Complaint Against 2015 Law on How Libertarians For Congress, State and Local Partisan Office May Run
On September 30, the Arizona Libertarian Party filed this amended complaint in Arizona Libertarian Party v Reagan, 2:16cv-1019. Unlike the first Complaint in this case, this Complaint was written after the August 30 primary.…
Tuscon.com: Arizona Supreme Court upholds ballot signature requirements law
From Tuscon.com (you can read the full original article here):
PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that its proponents admitted is designed to help elect Republicans by keeping Libertarians from siphoning away votes.…
Arizona Libertarian Runs for Constable and Plans to Not Enforce Unconstitutional Drug Laws
Opponents of Arizona HB 2305 File Paperwork to Begin Collecting Signatures on Referendum Petition
From Ballot Access News, July 2, 2013:
On July 1, opponents of Arizona’s HB 2305 filed paperwork to start circulating a referendum petition. If the petition gets 86,405 valid signatures by September 12, 2013, it cannot go into effect until the voters vote on it.…
Arizona Omnibus Election Law Bill May Face a Referendum
From Ballot Access News, on June 25, 2013:
As noted earlier, an omnibus election law bill was signed by Arizona’s Governor Jan Brewer last week.…
Politico: Libertarians could spoil Senate races
Libertarian Senate candidates across the country are doing well enough to warrant a three page article by politico. The claim is that they are spoiling otherwise safe Republican seats and giving them to Democrats.…
Politico: Potential spoiler in Arizona Senate race
In Arizona veteran Republican John Kyl is retiring from the U.S. Senate. Republican Congressman Jeff Flake is facing former Surgeon General Richard Carmona in a tight race.…
Joe Cobb (Libertarian) challenges Democrat in Arizona 7th C.D.
In Arizona’s 7th District, Congressman Ed Pastor is seeking re-election to a seat he has held since 1991. Congressman Pastor is Assistant Democratic Party whip, and was a co-sponsor of the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare.…
Virgil Goode Campaigns in AZ, NM, and VA, Meets With Sheriff Arpaio
The Virgil Goode for President campaign roamed all over the country on Labor Day weekend. According to this article, Goode was campaigning in Arizona and New Mexico this weekend.…
Arizona Libertarians opens their primary to non-Libertarians
For several years Arizona Libertarian Party has held closed primaries. Our Presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, is actively trying to reach more libertarian-minded independents through his 2012 presidential campaign.
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