The AZ Political Podcast

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer talks with me about the registered voters affected by a Motor Vehicle Division coding error — an error that has created questions about whether those residents are U.S. citizens and thereby eligible to vote in state and local elections in Arizona.

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes tells the tale of how nearly 100,000 Arizona voters almost eneded up being disenfranchised — unable to vote on state and local races — and why, in searching for a solution, Republicans were willing to look the other way if some noncitizens ended up voting in November.

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne joins to discuss several topics involving Arizona schools.

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, former Assistant Phoenix Police Chief and current Phoenix City Councilman Kevin Robinson discusses the “politics of policing” with Jim Sharpe — an especially pertinent topic after two Phoenix police officers were shot by a suspect this week — leaving one critically wounded.

Jim Sharpe has been in Chicago all week for the Democratic National Convention. This week on the AZ Political Podcast, Sharpe and digital editor Danny Shapiro break down their top takeaways from the DNC.

KTAR News Senior Political Analyst Dr. Mike O’Neil joined the podcast to break down — to the vote — the different Electoral College paths that newly-minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris can take to the White House.

Political strategist Stan Barnes joined the AZ Political Podcast with Jim Sharpe to break down the winners and losers from the Arizona primary elections and what our state should look forward to as a result of these elections.

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes joined the AZ Political Podcast with Jim Sharpe. The two discuss what could play out in the 48th state if U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly were to be offered and accept the Democratic nomination for vice president. Fontes also explains the process in which delegates can cast their vote in support for Kamala Harris and the strict voting process of Arizona.

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe sits down with former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich to talk about Donald Trump’s classified documents case being dismissed and whether it could come back to bite the former president in his hind end.

As Democrats struggle with whether Joe Biden is capable of four more years as president (by first contemplating if he has four months’ worth of disaster-free campaigning left in him to win the presidency), pollster Mike Noble of Noble Predictive Insights joins me on the AZ Political Podcast to talk about whom could possibly replace Biden at the top of the ticket.

In this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe had the pleasure of sitting down with former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to discuss her admonishment of fellow Republicans who continue to tell stolen election fantasies — instead of focusing on issues that will get them elected.

Another fascinating week in immigration news requires another fascinating guest on the AZ Political Podcast… and Luis Acosta-Herrera fits that billing! He’s an Arizonan who has worked in politics for almost a decade despite the fact that he can’t vote — because he’s not a United States citizen.

This week, as Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs faces an investigation by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, this week's guest on the AZ Political Podcast is Terry Goddard — who served two terms as our state’s attorney general.

As the border captured almost all the major political headlines this week, I decided to have a nonpolitical guest on the AZ Political Podcast who somehow makes total sense.

This week on the AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe sits down with Congressman David Schweikert. Not only does he have a fascinating backstory, but he also seems to face his political future fairly fearlessly.

This week on the AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe sits down and talks to Jon Gabriel.  Jon, a conservative writer and content creator, whose work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Post and on CNN. A Valley resident since the age of six, Jon explains how he’s watched the Arizona Republican Party morph into a political machine that has him asking, “are...

Dr. Sybil Francis, the president and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona — shared the Center’s 2024 “Arizona Voters Agenda”, which is based on a statewide survey of likely voters.

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe sits down with Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee. She’s the highest-ranking Republican in state government.

Jim Sharpe speaks with state House Speaker Ben Toma about the indictment of 18 people in the alleged Arizona Republican fake elector scheme. They also discuss the fate of the abortion bill that just passed Toma’s chamber.

On this week’s AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe talks to Garrett Archer about election integrity. Garrett, ABC15’s data analyst, formerly served as the senior election analyst for the Arizona Secretary of State’s office.

Chuck Coughlin gives his take on whether an abortion ballot initiative clears enough hurdles to get in front of voters. An initiative that, if passed, would create a state constitutional amendment ensuring abortion access up to the point of fetus viability.

Democratic political consultant Stacy Pearson of Lumen Strategies joined the podcast to discuss the shrinking number of registered Democrats in Arizona and this year’s races for Maricopa County Attorney and Maricopa County Sheriff. Jim Sharpe discusses the Q1 fundraising haul that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego enjoyed.

On this week's episode the AZ Political Podcast, Jim Sharpe talks with Arizona's Secretary of State Adrian Fontes about election threats agains Arizona officials and if his Democratic party needs to embrace more moderates. 

Former Arizona representative Matt Salmon joins the latest episode of The AZ Political Podcast with Jim Sharpe as the two take a look at the biggest headlines coming out of the Presidential Preference Election and what the numbers may mean for the 48th state ahead of the 2024 General Election in November.

This week on The AZ Political Podcast Jim Sharpe gives a preview of our state’s presidential preference election (PPE), which serves as Arizona’s version of a presidential primary. He is joined by Democratic election strategist Tony Cani, Biden’s 2020 deputy state director, who tells us what to watch for in the PPE — Arizonans’ first chance to cast a vote for a presid...