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Doug Ducey
2022 midterms
Feb. 10, 2022
Governors Could Be Key to Trump’s Next Coup Attempt Trump allies are poised to win in several crucial 2022 races, and election-reform efforts may overlook the threat posed by a rogue governor.
By Ed Kilgore
Biden Leaps Into Fight With Republican Governors Over School Mask Mandates Though the dispute will wind up in court, the administration is using some creative ideas to stop GOP leaders from blocking mask mandates.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Apr. 26, 2021
Arizona Republicans Want to Keep Recounting 2020 Vote Until Trump Wins A bizarre post-postelection audit ordered by the Arizona state senate and conducted by a MAGA-adjacent firm shows 2020 may never end for Trump fans.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Jan. 25, 2021
Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022 The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
By Ed Kilgore
Republicans Who Condemned Trump Are Being Condemned by the GOP Arizona Republicans were censured for wavering from their support of Trump, while GOP reps who voted for impeachment face early primary challengers.
By Matt Stieb
Colin Kaepernick Just Showed How We Can End Corporate Welfare Arizona’s GOP governor is canceling subsidies to Nike. Now, to eradicate corporate welfare, we just need every other corporation to get “woke.”
By Eric Levitz
McSally Appointment Makes Arizona Sixth State With Two Women As Senators McSally will have to run again in 2020, and if she wins and wants a full term, yet again in 2022. Four Western states now have two women as senators.
By Ed Kilgore
Martha McSally Lost Her Bid for Senate, But She Could Get There Anyway John Kyl may soon step down from the Senate seat he was appointed to in September, and Mitch McConnell wants Martha McSally to replace him.
By Ed Kilgore
Former Senator Jon Kyl Will Replace McCain in the Senate Kyl is only a short-term replacement, as the 76-year-old has no interest in serving past 2020.
By Eric Levitz
Arizona Court Kills Taxes-for-Education Ballot Initiative A grassroots effort to boost taxes on the wealthy to pay for education improvements was shot down, but the general election could become a referendum.
By Ed Kilgore
Arizona Teacher Strike Leads to Ballot Fights Over School Funding, Vouchers Prompted by the spring strike, voters must decide on a proposed high-end tax increase for education and a major voucher expansion.
By Ed Kilgore
Looks Like Republicans Will Avoid a Special Election for McCain’s Seat GOP Governor Doug Ducey will name a successor to John McCain if he vacates his Senate seat, who will likely not face voters until 2020.
By Ed Kilgore
Arizona Passes New Education Funding to End Teachers’ Strike Striking teachers won more than Republicans ever wanted to give — but much less than they had demanded.
By Eric Levitz
teachers strikes
Apr. 26, 2018
Teacher Protests Spread to Colorado As Arizona Strike Begins There’s no immediate sign of progress in the deadlock between teachers and Republicans in Arizona, and now Colorado teachers are launching protests.
By Ed Kilgore
The Third Major Red-State Teachers Strike of 2018 Will Start Next Week Arizona educators voted overwhelming to strike after rejecting a pay-raise plan from that state’s governor.
By Ed Kilgore
Oklahoma Teachers Win a Partial Victory Now teachers have forced GOP politicians into raising pay in a second state. But the fight continues in other states, spilling over into elections.
By Ed Kilgore
teachers strike
Apr. 2, 2018
Teachers Go on Strike in Two More Red States Educators are walking off the job in Kentucky and (again) in Oklahoma as their conflicts with GOP state lawmakers intensify.
By Ed Kilgore
Red-State Teacher Unrest Just Keeps Spreading The wave of protests and strikes isn’t just about pay, but about GOP tax-cut-driven starvation of education spending.
By Ed Kilgore
The Latest GOP Health-Care Scheme Fulfills an Old Conservative Dream For eons, the GOP has talked about giving states control of Medicaid with reduced — or even eliminated — federal funding. The hour may have arrived.
By Ed Kilgore