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Swing State Republican in a Razor-Thin Race Tries to Outrun Trump

Joe Lombardo, the governor of Nevada, was favored to win a second term. Now he’s in one of the nation’s tightest contests.

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Gov. Joe Lombardo of Nevada is considered one of the most vulnerable Republican candidates for governor this election cycle.

After Many Threats, an Arizona Lawmaker Asks: ‘Is It Really Worth It?’

11. Oktober 2026 um 10:00
Threats have altered the lives of State Representative Alma Hernandez, her family, friends and neighbors. They have even transformed her policymaking.

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Arizona Congressional Candidate Says She Was Raped While Fixing Sign

08. Oktober 2026 um 04:41
Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democrat, said the attack in August occurred while she was repairing a damaged campaign sign.

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Bernadette Greene-Placentia, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona, said on Wednesday that she was raped in August while repairing a damaged campaign sign.

For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’

17. September 2026 um 21:54
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States.

“It’s like me bulldozing right through the Arlington Cemetery,” said Verlon Jose, the chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation.

New Mexico’s Name Is Older Than the U.S. Trump Still Wants to Change It.

09. September 2026 um 21:22
President Trump has no authority to change the state’s name, but his suggestion has constituted fighting words to proud New Mexicans.

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Santa Fe, America’s oldest capital city, was established more than 150 years before the United States.

A Town Council Turns to a Deck of Cards to Break a Tie

28. August 2026 um 14:26
Two candidates for Town Council in Gila Bend, Ariz., finished with the same number of votes. A century-old state law mandated breaking the tie with a game of chance.

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Patricia Riggs, the interim town clerk of Gila Bend, Ariz., declared Jesus Rubalcava the winner of the Town Council seat after a game of high-card draw with the opposing candidate, Athena Guerrero.

Reno Has Long Known of Wildfire Risk. The Hawk Fire Proved It’s Real.

The Sierra Nevada region is a hot spot for wildfires and some see the Hawk fire as providing an impetus for hardening communities against catastrophe.

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The Hawk fire, burning in Reno, Nev., has destroyed structures and kept people out of their homes.

America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water

23. August 2026 um 15:31
Decades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.

Colorado Was Targeted as Trump Fumed Over Election Denier, Email Shows

15. August 2026 um 01:38
The state has accused the government in a lawsuit of retaliating after the conviction of Tina Peters, a Trump supporter. An administration official convened a group to discuss “immediate actions.”

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Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk and recorder, in court in Grand Junction, Colo., in 2024.

Lake Mead, the Nation’s Largest Reservoir, Is Smaller Than Ever

10. August 2026 um 01:44
Water levels in the reservoir, which sits behind the Hoover Dam, are at record lows. A continued drop would imperil water supplies for millions of people and cut electricity from the dam.

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A boat in Lake Mead near the Hoover Dam on Friday. The bathtub ring of light minerals marks the water level at its peak.

Two Killed in Firefighting Helicopter Crash Near Utah Wildfire

09. August 2026 um 03:32
The aircraft was responding to the Widemouth 2 fire, which has burned more than 100,000 acres since starting last month.

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A Sikorsky Skycrane at the Widemouth 2 fire east of Fillmore, Utah, on Tuesday, before it crashed on Friday.

New Mexico Sues Trump Administration for Unredacted Epstein Files in Zorro Ranch Investigation

05. August 2026 um 17:44
The Zorro Ranch outside Santa Fe, where Epstein victims said they were abused, is at the center of an ongoing feud between the state and federal government.

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New Mexico’s attorney general, Raúl Torrez, in Santa Fe, N.M., in May. In the filing, Mr. Torrez accused Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, and other Justice Department leaders of “stonewalling” New Mexico’s inquiry into Mr. Epstein’s possible crimes in the state.

A Democratic Governor Is Set to Pick a Former Republican Running Mate

Gov. Katie Hobbs of Arizona, locked in a competitive re-election battle, plans to tap a moderate former mayor of Mesa, Ariz., John Giles, to serve as her lieutenant governor.

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Gov. Katie Hobbs of Arizona on primary Election Day last month in Phoenix.

Election Denier Alexander Kolodin Seeks to Run Arizona’s Elections as Secretary of State

27. Juli 2026 um 10:07
Arizona G.O.P. voters nominated Alexander Kolodin for secretary of state, despite, or perhaps because of, election denial efforts that earned him an admonition from the state bar association.

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Alexander Kolodin at a Pass The Save America Act Rally in Tucson in April.

Andy Biggs, Trump’s Pick, Wins Republican Nomination for Arizona Governor

22. Juli 2026 um 04:06
Representative Andy Biggs, a conservative Republican and an ally of the president, will try to unite Republicans against Gov. Katie Hobbs in a crucial swing state.

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Representative Andy Biggs debated his Republican opponents in Scottsdale, Ariz., in June.

What We Know About Tuesday’s Arizona Primaries

Arizona primary voters will choose nominees for governor, secretary of state and for key races that could determine control of the House.

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A polling site in Phoenix in 2024.

Can Arizona Republicans Stop Feuding Long Enough to Win Back the State?

Some Republicans fear the party is poised to repeat past mistakes by nominating candidates in Tuesday’s primaries who are viewed as too extreme to sway moderate voters.

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Representative Andy Biggs, a Republican candidate for governor, has sought to moderate his message despite his record as a hard-line conservative in a state that has rejected right-wing candidates in general elections.

Settlement Reached in Ugly Fight Over Elections in Maricopa County

16. Juli 2026 um 20:11
A Trump ally will receive funding for a new information technology system while retaining control of voter registration and early voting.

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Maricopa County, Ariz., has been a hotbed of election denial and conspiracy theories since Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the state in 2020.

How an Election Fight in Arizona Could Affect the Nation’s Midterms

A bitter struggle between Maricopa County’s Republican-dominated Board of Supervisors and a Trump-allied official over control of elections has ramifications far beyond Greater Phoenix.

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A show of support for the Maricopa County recorder, Justin Heap, during a special meeting of the county’s Board of Supervisors in Phoenix in February.

Non-Disclosure: In Roswell, New U.F.O. Docs Are a Declassified Bummer

11. Juli 2026 um 10:00
Roswell’s annual U.F.O. festival was supposed to be full of triumphant “told you so’s” after the Trump administration declassified its alien files. Instead, apparently, the coverup continues.

Attendees wait for a parade to start during the Roswell U.F.O. Festival in Roswell, N.M.
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