After Kari Lake lost her U.S. Senate race in November, some skeptics cried election fraud. They doubted that so many people who voted for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, who carried Arizona,

State Rep. Alexander Kolodin's proposal would require that the order of candidates for each race on the general election ballot be rotated among voting precincts in each county so that each party gets an equal chance of being in that first position.

That explains why Arizona law requires rotation of names on primary election ballots, said Democrats' attorney Sarah Gonski. She urged U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa to extend that rotation to general elections. The judge declined, and the DNC had no better luck going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Arizona’s Senate Republicans say they’re unified behind an ambitious plan for the 2025 legislative session that begins next week, aiming to pass laws on border security, water rights, quicker election results and battling “wokeness” in public schools.

Since 1890, The Arizona Republic has written the news of Arizona, from its rough and dusty territorial days to its current status as a national hub of semiconductor manufacturing and national political bellwether.

A former Arizona election official says he has PTSD from 2020 threats. Despite a peaceful transfer of power this year, Bill Gates still has concerns going forward.

There have been many calls about fixing Arizona elections infrastructure after the lengthy count time following the Nov. 5, 2024 election.

The Arizona Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear key portions of a challenge to the state’s landmark campaign finance disclosure law aimed at ending anonymous political spending, potentially impacting rules meant to shine light on who spends money to influence voters.

An appeals court rejected an Arizona official’s argument that felony charges against him for delaying certification of his rural county’s 2022 election results should be dismissed because he has legislative immunity.

Lawmakers on the state and county levels are looking for ways to speed things up and improve security in future elections.

Bill Gates says it's not about reaching the people who already have faith in the system -- it's about reaching the ones who don't.