Arizona: Tom Boone

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Time once again to update the early filers with the Arizona Secretary of State for 2010. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx

Since the last update, Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker, a Republican, has been receiving a lot of media attention as he explores running for goveror PV mayor forms exploratory panel on run for governor, not all of it welcome PV Mayor Vernon Parker: Accused by Feds of false filing « Seeing Red AZ. State Treasurer Dean Martin, a Republican, is also considering running for governor State Treasurer Dean Martin considers a run for governor. Former Arizona Republican Party Chairman and Republican National Commiteeman John Munger told Bill Buckmaster of KUAT's Arizona Illustrated on Monday that he is leaving the segment "Face Off" and would have an announcement shortly about a new direction in his life, looking like the cat who swallowed the canary.

Arizona House Speaker-elect Kirk Adams has made his selections for who will chair the House's standing committees in the next session of the legislature.

Daniel's News & Views, the blog run by state Representative-elect Daniel Patterson (D-Tucson), had the announcement posted Wednesday.

According to Patterson, the list is:

CD1 Republican candidate Sydney Hay announced today she has lined up the support of seven state representatives and three state senators, further consolidating her frontrunner status in her primary battle against Preston Korn, her chief rival for the nomination.

Even as the Arizona Republican Party hailed the passage of a spending freeze the GOP brought through the House and Senate today, a timing issue means that the legislation likely won't get to the Governor's desk until Monday, when she is expected to veto it.

Despite an energetic push by the leadership to ready a $536 million spending freeze for the Governor's signature - or rejection - a small amendment did not clear the Senate until the House was out of session. The legislature does not reconvene until Monday.