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FILTER RESULTS ►Arizona Secretary Of State On Payroll Of FreedomWorks Bankroller
Ken Bennett, the Secretary of State of Arizona, receives a $70,000 annual salary. But he also, it turns out, receives $2,000 a month for his work as a board member of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, a for-profit company founded by a one of the key people behind the tea party group FreedomWorks.
Crazy from the heat
Two of Arizona's most powerful officials ran into some trouble this week, though one seems to be in far bigger trouble than the other. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R), for example, is perhaps best known for flirting with the "birther" conspiracy theory and publicly qu …
FreedomWorks bigwig bankrolls Arizona Secretary of State
Ken Bennett
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett has two jobs, the one that Arizona's taxpayers and voters hired and pay him for at $70,000 annually, and the one that FreedomWorks is bankrolling, at $2,000 a month. Bennett is on the...Show More Summary
That Sounds Like a Problem
Arizona's Secretary of State is also on the payroll of the major bankrollers of the national Tea Party movement and FreedomWorks....
Groups Push Radical Socialist Raúl Grijalva as Next Interior Secretary
In 2010 top House Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) called on businesses to boycott his own state of Arizona. Rep. Raul Grijalva (R-AZ), a top House Socialist, later defended his calls to boycott his own state. Now a coalition of … Continue reading ?
Arizona Won’t Tell Anybody Where Its Governor Is
Occasionally amusing Arizona governor Jan Brewer is on some sort of secret out-of-state trip for the rest of the week, the details of which her office refuses to divulge. Even the Arizona secretary of State, who is serving as the acting governor until Brewer returns, hasn't been told what the
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What GOP senators could do to block Rice
If President Barack Obama selects United Nations envoy Susan Rice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he’ll face determined opposition from at least three Republican senators: John McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Kelly Ayotte of New Hamps …
Blue dot dreams of marriage equality
It's mostly just a gleam in the Arizona Secretary of State's database, but a new group called Arizona Advocates for Marriage Equality has formed to pursue same-sex marriage in that red state. The founder, Tanner Pritts, 22, tells us the idea is to get a referendum on the bal …
Pro-Abortion Susan Rice Faces Secretary of State Opposition
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is facing opposition from Senate Republicans in her possible bid to replace pro-abortion Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said today Rice is “not qualified” to replace Clinton as the nation’s number one foreign diplomat and suggested he would filibuster her nomination, [...]
John McCain Settles Old Scores
This sounds like Arizona Senator John McCain settling old scores. McCain isn’t just unhappy that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama today, he still sounds extremely angry that Powell endorsed Obama (and not him) in 2008: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped Colin Powell for endorsing President Obama again, saying the former Secretary [...]
Romney: I haven't met with immigration adviser Kobach
Washington (CNN) - Mitt Romney told an interviewer Monday that he has never met with Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of tough immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona who says he has been counseling Romney for years. Univision America Radio host Helen Aguirre-Ferre asked Romney, who spent Monday making a push for [...]
Kansas Republican establishment goes full birther
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, bigot and birther (though that's redundant) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is already well known in the Latino community—he's the author of Arizona's hateful SB 1070 law and, as an adviser...Show More Summary
Kansas Birthers want Obama off statewide ballot
In May, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R) dabbled in the "birther" conspiracy theory and publicly questioned whether he'd allow President Obama to appear on the statewide ballot. Soon after, a chastened Bennett -- who oversees Arizona elections despite his role as the s …
Flake ahead in early, unofficial Arizona GOP Senate primary results
(CNN) - Arizona Rep. Jeff Flake had a 49 point advantage over his closest opponent in the Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat, according to early and unofficial results posted to the secretary of state's website late Tuesday. Flake, the heavy favorite, had 69% to wealthy businessman Wil Cardon's 20%, with approximately 42% of [...]
Arizona Elections Chief Skips Big Election
Arizona's leading election official, Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R), "won't be around for one of the state's most important elections," the Arizona Republic reports. Bennett "will be hobnobbing with other politicians and delegates...Show More Summary
Romney Welcomes Birthers At Republican Convention
Mitt Romney’s Republican Party will feature those with some of the most extreme and discredited views. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who urged President Obama to issue a detailed birth certificate, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio,...Show More Summary
Tea Party Leader Slams McCain For Defending Clinton Aide: Any Muslim ‘Is A Threat’
Prominent Arizona Tea Party leader Wes Harris emailed his supporters yesterday to announce that he would be trying to recall Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). The offense? McCain defended Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top aide, Huma Abedin, after Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) suggested that she is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. In an interview with [...]
McCain Blasts Bachmann for 'Specious' Anti-Muslim Attacks on Huma Abedin
Click here to view this media Arizona Sen. John McCain took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to call out a fellow Republican lawmaker for "specious and degrading attacks" which allege that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's deputy chief of staff had infiltrated the U.S. Show More Summary
A new Obama Conspiracy Theory
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is back. Don’t remember him? Last month, Bennett made headlines after threatening not to include President Obama on the Arizona ballot. For Bennett, the President's long-form birth certificate wasn’t enough proof that he was …
Arizona sec. of state's latest birther theory
Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is back. Don’t remember him? Last month, Bennett made headlines after threatening not to include President Obama on the Arizona ballot. For Bennett, the President's long-form birth certificate wasn’t enough proof that he wa …
