With just under two weeks left in the 2026 election cycle, Arizona’s political hopefuls are juggling jam-packed schedules, targeting voters on the airwaves, and inundating street corners and mailboxes with political paraphernalia. But one statewide candidate has disappeared from the campaign trail.

A second public meeting to discuss the firing of a Corporation Commission policy advisor appeared to leave some commissioners with more questions than answers.

The winner will lead an office of 1,000 employees with broad authority over consumer protection, criminal prosecution and legal disputes involving the state.

Unaffiliated voters, who recently surpassed Republicans as the state’s largest voting group, could be pivotal in deciding these contests.

Judges are typically tight-lipped about their work outside of the courtroom. Scott Bales lived that reality for more than a decade as a judge on Arizona's Supreme Court, where he served 14 years. After retiring in 2019 following five years as chief justice, he’s speaking up about the role of the courts and why it’s important.

Arizona’s public schools have lost tens of thousands of students since 2016, the result of declining birth rates, an aging population and rising housing costs.

Congressman Andy Biggs trails Gov. Katie Hobbs in campaign fundraising and spending in the governor’s race, but Turning Point USA is helping him catch up. 

Partisanship in the Legislature has already weakened the state’s ability to reach water policy solutions, experts say.

Voters are being inundated with political advertising as gubernatorial candidates empty their campaign coffers ahead of the midterm elections.