Democrats elected Robert Branscomb as the Arizona party’s new leader earlier this year. It was a bit of a surprise – despite Democratic candidates’ poor performances up and down the ballot in 2024, former chair Yolanda Bejarano had the support of key Democratic officials.

Every two years in January, after voters statewide cast ballots in November, members of the Republican and Democratic parties hold their own elections for their party leaders. Those party chairs will set the tone for their respective parties for the next two years.

A new year means a new legislative session for Arizona lawmakers returning to the Capitol in Phoenix. Political editor Ben Giles catches up with field correspondents Camryn Sanchez and Wayne Schutsky for a debrief on the topics and issues — some prickly — that will likely dominate debate this year.

Political correspondents Camryn Sanchez and Wayne Schutsky dig into both sides’ perspective on the issue and the politics that could motivate lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session next month.

The Arizona secretary of state officially certified the results of July's primary elections, meaning Arizonans now know the candidates who will be running in the handful of competitive legislative races that will determine which party controls the Arizona House and Senate next year.

The Arizona Legislature wrapped up the 2024 legislative session on June 14 after passing a bipartisan budget filled with cuts and dealing with contentious issues like abortion and border security.

Welcome to the third episode of Prickly, a podcast from KJZZ’s Politics Desk. Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to the Prickly newsletter.

Welcome to the second episode of Prickly, a podcast from KJZZ’s Politics Desk. Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts, and don’t forget to subscribe to the Prickly newsletter.

The people who run Arizona's elections have dire warnings of potential delays in the election administration process, from mailing ballots to certifying votes. State lawmakers now have days to address Arizona's election laws to accommodate the time it will take county officials to conduct a slew of anticipated recounts and meet key deadlines in state and federal law.→ The Prickly brief: More about this episode

Welcome to Prickly, a podcast from KJZZ’s Politics Desk. We’ve already launched the Prickly newsletter, an email blast catching you up on everything you might have missed in the world of Arizona politics in the past week or so — plus a look ahead. With the Prickly podcast, we’re going to slow things down. Way down. The first episode drops soon.