Advertise with Googlier.com Pinal | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Wed, 09 May 2018 09:21:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Pinal | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Two top GOP gubernatorial candidates look to geography for a boost https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/04/14/az-gop-governor-candidates-ken-bennett-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-look-to-geography-for-advantage/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/04/14/az-gop-governor-candidates-ken-bennett-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-look-to-geography-for-advantage/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:34:31 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=72328 As a primary field becomes more crowded, the portion of votes needed to win the nomination becomes smaller and smaller. With as many as seven or eight Republican gubernatorial candidates on the ballot this year, any advantage can help lead to a win.

For some, the advantage may be geography.

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]]> (Illustration by Gabe Turner/Arizona Capitol Times) As a primary field becomes more crowded, the portion of votes needed to win the nomination becomes smaller and smaller....

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/04/14/az-gop-governor-candidates-ken-bennett-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-look-to-geography-for-advantage/feed/ 0 72328 Drought declaration now covers all of Arizona https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/03/07/drought-declaration-now-covers-all-of-arizona/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/03/07/drought-declaration-now-covers-all-of-arizona/#respond Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:37:29 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=70764 All of Arizona's 15 counties are now designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as natural disaster areas for drought, making farmers and ranchers eligible for federal low-interest emergency loans.

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]]> All of Arizona’s 15 counties are now designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as natural disaster areas for drought, making farmers and ranchers eligible for federal low-interest emergency loans....

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/03/07/drought-declaration-now-covers-all-of-arizona/feed/ 0 70764 Bustamante failed to disclose paying family for campaign work https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/14/ernest-bustamante-failed-to-disclose-paying-family-for-campaign-work/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/14/ernest-bustamante-failed-to-disclose-paying-family-for-campaign-work/#respond Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:39:55 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=50890 At a recent Clean Elections debate at Florence Town Hall, Democrat Ernest Bustamante told voters about his service as a former state representative, and how he knows the system at the Legislature.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_50891" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Ernest Bustamante (left) seated next to Rep. Frank Pratt, speaks during a Clean Elections Commission debate at Florence Town Hall Sept. 12. Bustamante broke a Clean...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/09/14/ernest-bustamante-failed-to-disclose-paying-family-for-campaign-work/feed/ 0 50890 Keep that eraser handy https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/10/04/keep-that-eraser-handy/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/10/04/keep-that-eraser-handy/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:27:07 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2011/10/04/keep-that-eraser-handy/ Scores of angry Pinal County residents showed up at the IRC’s meeting on Friday to complain about their county being split into five separate districts, a move that led Mathis to spend the weekend redrawing the lines to put Pinal into just two districts, not counting a sliver of Tohono O’odham land in the southwest corner of the county.

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