Sen. Jake Hoffman’s attorneys want a Court of Appeals judge kicked off the 2020 electors’ case after uncovering campaign donations to Attorney General Kris Mayes.  In 2022, Judge Andrew Jacobs, then a private attorney, donated $500 to Mayes’ campaign. Jacobs now sits on a panel tasked with reviewing and eventually ruling on the Attorney General’s...

A Court of Appeals judge presiding over the 2020 presidential electors’ case donated $500 to Attorney General Kris Mayes’ campaign before taking the bench, raising the question of whether he should stay on the assigned appellate panel.  Judge Andrew Jacobs, then an attorney at Snell & Wilmer, donated $250 to Kris Mayes for Arizona in...

Endorsements could make or break a candidate in the special election to fill the late-Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s seat in Congressional District 7, and while some organizations are biding their time, others have already made their choice. In a race certain to end in the Democratic primary, endorsements will be key for candidates to signal to...

After spats between the Legislature and the Corporation Commission over legislation this session, one senator wants to require the so-called fourth branch of Arizona government to formalize and post its positions on bills. Sen. Jake Hoffman introduced a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2233 last week that would require the commission to take public votes...