With the high number of provisional and mail-in ballots last week, the state had more than 600,000 votes to count after the Nov. 6 General Election. In Pima County, election crews spent the last week going through nearly 80,000 ballots.

Jo Holt, a Democrat, is new to the political stage, but feels it’s time for a newcomer to take the reins in the State Senate for Legislative District 11, formerly known as District 26.

The Arizona Small Business Association hosted a luncheon at the Westin La Paloma on March 22, where Arizona Rep. Steve Farley, Sen. Al Melvin, and Senate President Steve Pierce outlined their 2012 legislative efforts to support small businesses in Southern Arizona.

Is a chimichanga a tropical fruit?

In 2000, Arizona voters wisely decided it was time to stop Legislative incumbents from drawing their own districts and unfairly guaranteeing their own re-election. We enacted an Independent Redistricting Committee to return that power to the people, ensuring that politicians have to work to earn our vote.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer did not go unchallenged at a luncheon with legislators and business people Thursday at the Hilton Tucson El Conquistador in Oro Valley.

The Hilton Tucson El Conquistador chicken and pasta at last Thursday's joint session of the Marana and Tucson chambers of commerce was far from rubbery. Quite good, truly.

Gas firm can assist low-income users

Democratic Sen. Manny Alvarez swept his arm across the Marana Chamber of Commerce crowd last week to ask a rhetorical question.

Three greater Tucson Democrats sat around a table last week, analyzing Arizona's yet-unresolved budget circumstances and the party's interaction with the Republicans.

Government and political events in our area.

September 27, 2006 - One of the principle roles of a competent political consultant is to keep the campaign from wasting money on dumb stuff that isn't worth any votes.