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Remarks by John McCain During 'Service to America' Tour Event in Prescott, Arizona Contact: Press Office, 703-650-5550; www.JohnMcCain.com ARLINGTON, Va., April 5 /Standard Newswire/ -- U.S. Senator John McCain will deliver the following remarks as prepared for delivery on the final stop of his "Service to America" tour today at Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona at 10:00 a.m. MST: Thank you. As everyone familiar with Arizona politics knows, Prescott is where Barry Goldwater formally began his Senate campaigns and his campaign for the presidency on the steps of the Yavapai County Courthouse. As his successor and in deference to...

Another seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission soon may be opening as Republican Kris Mayes announced Tuesday that she is interested in making a run for U.S. Congress in District 1. Mayes' announcement does not come a surprise to most. In the past month, those close to her and her staff have mentioned the run "could be eminent." She has formed an exploratory committee, but has not filed for candidacy listing with the Arizona Clean Elections Commission. Former Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon and Malcolm Barrett, chairman of the National Propane Gas Association and a Prescott native like Mayes, have pledged...

Arizona Republican John Shadegg will give up his House seat at the end of the year — the latest in a string of retirements in the minority-party caucus. Shadegg said battling for conservative principles in the Democratic-led House has become more difficult, and “there are better places for me to fight that fight.” Shadegg left open the possibility of running for the Senate in 2010 if Republican John McCain of Arizona wins his White House bid. “At this point, there isn’t a seat. But the conservative movement gets me out of bed every morning. It’s what I believe in,” Shadegg...

PHOENIX — Republican lawmakers on Monday proposed legislation to have Arizona voters decide in November whether to amend the Arizona Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Title 16. Article 3. 222.C. For a vacancy in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. That appointee shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office and shall serve until the person elected at the next general election is qualified and assumes office.

Hillary Clinton has won Arizona, projects Fox News.

Fox News projects John McCain the winner in Arizona and Mike Huckabee the winner in Tennessee.

SIERRA VISTA — Long lines and not enough poll workers at one presidential preference polling place in Cochise County are leading officials to find more help, County Elections Officer Tom Schelling said. Precinct 13 at the Sierra Vista United Methodist Church was experiencing problems in processing people who are showing up to vote, Schelling said late Tuesday morning. Only one person was available to check if people are authorized to vote at the polling place at 3225 S. St. Andrews Drive, he said. “We’re trying to find more people to help,” he said. One man left the church’s area claiming...

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PHOENIX -- The protesters gather every morning before dawn, monitoring the entrance to a fenced compound called the Macehualli Work Center. They are trying to shut the place down. They wave placards and take photos of anyone driving in to pick up the day laborers who congregate there. They want nothing less than to save America from what they call "the invasion."

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PHOENIX -- -- Sen. John McCain's run for the presidency is gaining momentum across the nation, but the campaign is meeting disapproval in one of the most unlikely places: his home turf in Arizona. In a straw poll vote two weeks ago of 721 Republican leaders in Maricopa County, the major population center of the state, a majority ranked McCain as the least acceptable Republican candidate for president. The reason, Republicans say, is his record on illegal immigration. "We feel betrayed and let down by our senior senator," said Russell Pearce, a Republican representative in the statehouse who has written...

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The Maricopa County Republican Party met today and elected Tom Husband as the new chairman of the county party. Congratulations Mr. Husband! The county also gave an indication of who the party faithful is supporting as the Republican nominee. Here are the results out of 721 ballots cast: Overall Votes (662 Votes): #1 - Mitt Romney - 28.4% (188) #2 - Fred Thomson - 18.3% (121) #3 - Ron Paul - 17.4% (115) #4 - Duncan Hunter - 14.0% (93) #5 - John McCain - 12.1% (80) #6 - Rudy Giuliani - 5.0% (33) #7 - Mike Huckabee - 4.8%...

John McCain has regained his political footing in Arizona. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Arizona’s Likely Voters finds that 63% now have a favorable opinion of their senior Senator while only 35% have an unfavorable view. That’s a vast improvement since June when the Senate immigration debate drove McCain’s favorable ratings down to 47% in his home state. At that time, 51% had an unfavorable opinion of him. In September, McCain’s favorable rating was still stuck at 48% and Fred Thompson outperformed the Arizona Senator in general election match-ups in his home state. Now, however, McCain crushes each...

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 AdvertismentArizona is the home state for John McCain, but Fred Thompson is the strongest GOP Presidential candidate in the state at this time. A Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that Thompson leads Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton by seventeen percentage points, 51% to 34%. Thompson will be formally announcing his candidacy this week. Rudy Giuliani, who leads the polls for the Republican Presidential nomination, leads Clinton by eleven points, 49% to 38%. McCain has a ten-point edge over Clinton, 46% to 36%. With McCain as the GOP candidate, 15% of Arizona voters say they’d select a third...