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Arizona: Emily Derose

January 30, 2009 - 12:23 pm

NEWS FEED: Rum, Romanism, Rebellion

Three Things That Have Bugged Me This Week

Okay, three things that for reasons unfathomable I have neglected to comment on this week.

Uno - I know that there was some consternation from some of the królewięta after Paul Eckerstrom’s election this week, but some of the rumors I have heard have been downright ridiculous. My favorite is this sequence of contradictory knocks against Eckerstrom: on Saturday and Sunday, the talk was going around that he didn’t have a job. I talked to one elected official who said that someone called her and told her that. By Monday, folks realized that Eckerstrom does, in fact, have a job. Maybe they didn’t realize that he has weekends off or something.

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Tue, 12/09/2008 - 17:30

AZ Dems break silence to rip Brewer on lobbyist appointments

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Arizona Democratic Party issued its first salvo against Jan Brewer Tuesday, putting out a press release that takes the current Arizona secretary of state and presumptive next governor to task for filling her transition team with lobbyists.

"In her first public move, future Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has thrown wide her doors to lobbyists," read the release in part.

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Thu, 10/30/2008 - 20:57

Investigation sought on 'Arizona Wins' money

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The campaign of Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is calling for Arizona elections director Karen Osborne to investigate the connection between the Arizona Democratic Party, a group known as Arizona Wins and Arizonans for Responsible Law Enforcement, which produced a radio spot against Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who is running for re-election against Democrat Tim Nelson.

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Tue, 10/21/2008 - 17:33

AZ Dems demand firing of Shadegg campaign official

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Arizona Democratic Party is demanding that Ryan Anderson, deputy campaign manager for U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Phoenix), be fired, after they say he gave false information on a contribution form when he visited Democratic Party headquarters to buy an Obama bumper sticker.

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Wed, 10/01/2008 - 22:10

Both state parties believe they'll gain seats in Legislature

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Less than five weeks from election day, both the Arizona Democratic Party and Arizona Republican Party are anticipating pick ups in state House and Senate races.

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Tue, 09/30/2008 - 22:44

Accusations of religious insensitivity, faulty reporting in AZ-8

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Both the campaign of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Tucson) and the Arizona Democratic Party accused state Sen. Pres. Tim Bee (R-Tucson) of religious intolerance Tuesday for criticizing Giffords's return to Arizona during the Rosh Hashanah holiday.

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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 22:02

Passions flare at post-debate debate in Phoenix

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

PHOENIX -- A bipartisan debate watch party became a proxy battleground for the campaigns of Sens. John McCain (R-Phoenix) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), as tempers flared and representatives of the state's major parties spun their candidates' performances.

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Wed, 09/10/2008 - 15:07

Hay defends lawsuit against EPA

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Sydney Hay, the Republican candidate in the 1st Congressional District, still stands behind the lawsuit she filed on behalf of mining company Phelps Dodge as president of the Arizona Mining Association, she told PolitickerAZ.com Wednesday.

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Tue, 09/09/2008 - 19:41

AZ Dems slam Hay for corporate ties

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Arizona Democratic Party is attacking 1st Congressional District Republican candidate Sydney Hay for a lawsuit she filed against the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of a lobbying client of hers.

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Wed, 09/03/2008 - 21:17

Less than a day in, gloves off in AZ-1

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The general election race in the 1st Congressional District is already getting rancorous, mere hours after the contestants were finalized.

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