Posted 11:06 AM 12/3/2012 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's general election voter turnout rate dipped slightly from the last presidential election in 2008. The official election canvass approved Monday by state officials reports that 74 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the Nov. 6 general election. (More)

Posted 10:26 AM 12/3/2012 by Associated Press

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off. Eric Hartsburg of Michigan City, Ind., says he plans to have the red-and-blue "R'' removed from its (More)

Posted 8:44 AM 11/20/2012 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - With counting of votes cast in the Nov. 6 election finally near completion two weeks later, Secretary of State Ken Bennett is defending Arizona's election system even as he talks about making a thorough review aimed at making improvements. Bennett says he wants to (More)

Posted 9:23 AM 11/19/2012 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature will see a larger class of freshmen lawmakers when its regular session begins in January. The Arizona Capitol Times reports (http://bit.ly/5q8XKc) that 37 of the state's 90 lawmakers are new to the Legislature (More)

Posted 5:41 PM 11/18/2012 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is proposing a wholesale overhaul of the state's vote-counting system in the wake of embarrassing delays counting more than a half-million ballots in Nov. 6 general election.

Bennett says Arizona would have been the focus of nationwide (More)

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Posted 9:49 PM 11/17/2012 by Sam Salzwedel

His Republican challenger, Martha McSally, called to congratulate him on his victory Saturday morning.

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Posted 6:09 PM 11/17/2012 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Democrat Ron Barber says he's "proud and honored" after he won a full term representing Arizona's 2nd Congressional District.Barber squeaked out a win over Republican Martha McSally and gave Democrats a sweep of the state's three competitive races for U.S. House (More) • Video (1)

Posted 9:27 AM 11/17/2012 by Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - Democrat Ron Barber has won a full term representing Arizona's 2nd District despite a strong run for the seat from Republican Martha McSally.The race was tight for more than a week after the election but Barber steadily began pulling ahead. He had a 1,402-vote margin (More)

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Posted 9:46 PM 11/15/2012 by Nathan O'Neal

TUCSON - Pima County election workers are preparing for a push to complete counting the remaining provisional and early mail-in ballots within the 10 -day deadline.

Arizona state statute gives county recorders 10 days to verify and count each remaining ballot after the polls close, but as that (More) • Video (1)

Posted 7:26 AM 11/15/2012 by Associated Press

Eds: APNewsNow. PHOENIX (AP) - Rep. Ron Barber is holding onto his slight lead in his 2nd Congressional District race against Republican Martha McSally even as all the ballots in GOP-heavy Cochise County have been counted. Barber had a 709 vote lead as vote-counting (More)