Guest Editorial: Why Won’t Adam Kwasman Face Voters?

By Councilmember Tom Durham Adam Kwasman bailed on the Candidate Forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce last Monday night. Now he says he’s not coming to next Thursday’s debate, sponsored by the Arizona Digital Free Press, despite earlier saying that he would. That’s unfortunate because he owes you answers on many of the positions he has taken. Why has … Read More

Sick of the Political Ads Yet? Of Course You Are. But How Bad Is It Really?

By Alexander Lomax Every time you turn on your television, almost regardless of the channel, you see it: Ruben Gallego is great, Kari Lake is awful, Kari Lake is great, Ruben Gallego is awful. Rinse and repeat for Trump and Harris. If you watch network television, there’s any excellence chance that the majority of the commercials you see, if not … Read More

Exclusive AZ Free News & Data Orbital Poll: Trump Holds Narrow Lead In Arizona As Economy, Border Dominate

Data Orbital, in conjunction with AZ Free News, is pleased to announce the results of its latest statewide, live caller survey of likely General Election Voters. The survey was conducted from September 7th 2024 – September 9th 2024. The survey measured support for candidates in Arizona’s Presidential contest. This survey was sponsored by AZ Free News. For President, the Democratic candidate … Read More

Handicapping the November Elections: the County Sheriff’s Race

As you know, for the last few weeks we’ve been highlighting some of the more interesting local races of note and how they may play out in the November election, and few are more interesting than the race for Maricopa County Sheriff. The role got national prominence and later a degree of shame through the bombast of long-time Sheriff Joe … Read More

Harris/Wilz Rally May Be Canary in the Coal Mine for Arizona Republicans

By Alexander Lomax I don’t have to tell you that Arizona has become a hotspot of national politics; our state had the closest margin of victory for Biden of any other state, and while the most recent polls of Trump versus Biden showed a strong lead for Trump, perhaps to a degree where it would no longer be the center … Read More

Guest Editorial: The Harris Honeymoon

By Tony Fabrizio Many of you have heard me refer to the upcoming “Harris Honeymoon” that I expect to see in the public polling over the next couple of weeks. As I’ve explained, the honeymoon will be a manifestation of the wall-to-wall coverage Harris receives from the MSM. The coverage will be largely positive and will certainly energize Democrats and … Read More

Early Voting: Statewide Republican and Democratic Updates

With just five days remaining until Arizona’s 2024 primary election, let’s take a closer look at how Republicans and Democrats are performing across the state. Focusing first on the Republicans, a total of 1,156,580 GOP ballots have been requested. Of these, 1,089,498 are from registered Republicans and 67,082 from Independents. These numbers surpass the total requests from both 2020 and … Read More