Kari Lake (R)
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Katie Hobbs (D)
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Political Notebook: 'Debate over debates' winds down as Hobbs, Lake do interviewsFor Star subscribers: Katie Hobbs got her interview, and Kari Lake will get hers Sunday, in lieu of a debate, as the process crashed chaotically.
Kari Lake, however, has benefitted by having more than $6 million being spent by outside groups independently advocating for Hobbs' defeat.
For Star subscribers: The candidates for Arizona governor are prioritizing water as they should. Only one candidate has realistic proposals, though, according to experts from California and Colorado.
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Katie Hobbs will get the interview she wanted on PBS despite refusing to debate Republican Kari Lake. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission, which sponsors debates, blasts the station's decision.
For Star subscribers: Politicians in Arizona and elsewhere are resorting readily to calling their opponents an existential threat to the republic, or to democracy. It's not helpful.
Arizona's chief election officer told a federal judge there is merit to claims that two new laws could interfere with the rights of some people to register and vote.
For Star subscribers: The short supply of housing is one of the reasons Arizona has gone from affordable to unaffordable in the last two years. The candidates for governor aren't talking about it.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly and gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs are Arizona's only statewide candidates out of 16 who have not yet accepted invitations to debate their opponents. That better change.
