Arizona Republican lawmakers on Wednesday advanced a bill designed to get voters the results of elections faster.

Lawmakers are back at the state Capitol and a new legislative session has begun, with an emboldened GOP in control of both chambers — and up against a Democratic governor.

Kelly and Gallego joined eight other Senate Democrats to help the Republican-led immigrant crime bill thwart a filibuster.

Democrats meet Saturday to pick party leaders for the coming two years. Five candidates vie for the role of chair, among calls to reboot the party.

A memorandum provided to the Washington Examiner from the Arizona GOP treasurer Elijah Norton detailed the 2022 financial mismanagement of resources.

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs knows she is outnumbered this legislative session as Republicans expanded their statehouse majorities in the last election.

Hobbs says she’s willing to work with Republicans but will veto any legislation she believes fails to provide adequate solutions to the issues Arizonans are facing.

That explains why Arizona law requires rotation of names on primary election ballots, said Democrats' attorney Sarah Gonski. She urged U.S. District Court Judge Diane Humetewa to extend that rotation to general elections. The judge declined, and the DNC had no better luck going all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The legislation comes at President-elect Donald Trump vows to resume construction of the wall, which President Joe Biden stopped at the start of his administration in 2021, with only a few exceptions since then.

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen said both parties are entering the fresh legislative year with similar priorities. It's the solutions that differ.

The party spent $365,611 on “voter contact” in 2022. In comparison, in 2024 the Arizona GOP spent $14,610,764.17 to reach out to voters, which amounted to 74% of the entire 2024 budget.

Justin Olson returns to the House of Representatives after a stint at the Arizona Corporation Commission and Turning Point USA, where he works as the chief financial officer.