Is Kate Gallego’s Time in Phoenix Coming to an End?

Kate Gallego has had a strongly positive time as the mayor of Phoenix. The city has overseen major global businesses setting up shop there during her time in office, she has avoided major snafus, and outside of a growing homelessness issue (which has been the case in nearly every major American city since Covid) the city hasn’t encountered major issues. … Read More

Ruben Gallego Out-Pivoting Kari Lake and Muscling Her Out of the Middle

By Alexander Lomax Typically in political campaigns that have both a contested primary election and a contentious general election, there exists the time-honored tradition of the Pivot: each candidate will play to the wings of their party in order to win the primary, and then move towards the center for the general election in order to appeal to a wider … Read More

AZ General Election Poll: Democrats Hold Slight Edge

With six months to go until Election Day 2024, Democrats hold a slight edge over Republicans in the State.For President, the Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden leads Republican former president Donald Trump by a slim 38.8% to 38.1% margin. Independent Robert F Kennedy Jr. has 13.5% support. 8.1% reported as being undecided. In the US Senate race, presumptive Republican nominee … Read More

Does Kyrsten Sinema Now Have a Lane Towards Victory?

Last week we spoke at length about the chaos that has descended onto the Arizona GOP by way of Hurricane Kari and her undercover recordings/blackmail attempts. Unsurprisingly, many people have since lost faith in her; while the party has strayed very, very far from its Reagan-era principles, the commandment that “thou shall not talk bad about a fellow Republican” is … Read More

Arizona GOP in Chaos: Kari Lake Espionage Leads to Chair DeWit Resignation

Ohhhh what a week it was for Arizona Republicans…but not in a good way. In an incredible roller coaster ride, the party is now attempting to dig out of self-inflicted peril. It all started with a bombshell: Kari Lake recorded a private meeting with state party Chair Jeff DeWit where DeWit attempted to make her offers she could not refuse … Read More

Early Fundraising Results are In: Gallego Strongly Outpacing Lake

Here are the Arizona Progress and Gazette, we love to cover the weird world that is Arizona politics. Not many states are pure swing states, which brings with it an incredible amount of attention. And perhaps no race other than the Presidential race will be more watched than the specter of a three-person cage match to represent Arizona in the … Read More

Gov. Hobbs and Democrats Keep Moving to the Right on Immigration

By Ronald Sampson Any “old hats” who have followed politics for a while have undoubtedly seen the phenomenon of how political performance level at the national level impacts that at the state and local level. For instance, if a President is incredibly popular, lower-level politicians of the same party will do their best to ride the coattails, to match styles … Read More