Public Campaign - Arizona

Voters Want Candidates to Use Clean Elections

Monica Rober — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:26:03 +0000

A new editorial in The Arizona Daily Star supports the state's Clean Elections system.

Sen. Amanda Aguirre: A Clean Elections Profile

Johnny Papagiannis — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:17:46 +0000

Sen. Amanda Aguirre has spent her professional life advocating for the needs of families in rural communities. Through her work with non-profits, she gave voice to the most underserved population in Arizona. "For many years I had been coming to the legislature advocating for funding and assistance for those families...the most needy...," she says.

Young People and Clean Elections

Adam Smith — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:52:35 +0000

Public Campaign has released a new report highlighting young people that were elected in Arizona, Connecticut, and Maine using their state’s Clean Elections system.

Clean Elections Candidates Win Nearly 400 Seats in Six States

Burney Simpson — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:11:26 +0000

Clean Elections proved a great way to get elected on Tuesday as three statehouses fill up with officials running under the program.

Three States Show the Way for Smarter Elections

Burney Simpson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:24:54 +0000

It’s decision day in the long, long, long election of 2008 so voters are encouraged to cast their ballots.

Arizona’s Clean Elections Will Stand, for Now

Burney Simpson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:59:00 +0000

The Clean Elections program will be remain in effect for Arizona’s Nov. 4 election, but it faces a tough challenge there.

Props to Arizona

Katie Schlieper — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:03:09 +0000

Arizona's ground-breaking Clean Elections program gets a talking up in both Ohio and Indiana. Mike Becker of the Arizona Clean Elections Institute explains why the state's public financing program would be a good model for Ohio to follow, in this Cleveland Plain Dealer article and an Indiana radio station covers testimony given in the state legislature on the merits of Clean Elections from Arizona legislators and Maine Clean Elections candidates as well.

Bump in the Road

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:25:17 +0000

Eh, well this isn't the best news I've read all day. A U.S. District Judge, Roslyn Silver - taking a page from the Supreme Court's decision on the Millionaire's Amendment - has ruled that the matching funds provision of the Arizona Clean Elections law is unconstitutional. While this has no immediate affect on the distribution of Clean Elections grants in Arizona, it may gum up the works down the road.

Meet Your Candidates

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:44:09 +0000

This is an interesting story on the campaign strategies of three Republicans competing for a state House seat, two of whom are running with Clean Elections funds. Notice the story opens up with one candidate walking door to door to talk to voters -- there's Clean Elections for you!

Profile of Arizona Sen. Meg Burton Cahill

Jiefei Yuan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:09:04 +0000

A ceramic artist by training, Arizona Senator Meg Burton Cahill (D-AZ) has extended her crafting skills far beyond a college art studio to the hotbed of public-policy making in the Arizona state legislature. Her passion for community politics matured after she completed a Masters in Public Administration, and with the advent of the Clean Elections system in Arizona, she decided the time had finally come for her to run for office.