My primary ballot picks

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The Arizona Republic Picks

The Arizona Republic Picks

Democratic Senate Candidates Debates

Republican Maricopa County Attorney


Republicans

Position	My Selection	Brief Explanation
Senate	John McCain	Big no brainer - JD Hayworth would be awful as an Arizona Senator
US Representative District 5	Susan Bitter Smith?	Not sure about this one, all of the candidates seem identically bad, but its probably between her and Schweikert.
Governor	Janet Brewer	The only real candidate left, sadly, she owes everything to Russell Pearce and HB1070. I think the office of governor covers a few more issues than one narrowly written bill.
Attorney General	Tom Horne	Another biiig no brainer. Andrew Thomas is terrible
State Treasurer	Barbara Leff	She seems to have pretty intimate knowledge of the position and seems interested in the position as it is, whereas everyone else seems to want to do way more that what a State Treasurer actually does.
Superintendent of Public Instruction	Margaret Dugan	She has the most credentials for the job and John Hupenthal is just no good.
Corporation Commission	Gary Pearce and Brenda Burns	Barry Wong is disqualified with his statement to cut utilities for illegal immigrants which is to quote Robert Robb "is stunningly irresponsible and dumb. Electric utilities don't have access to the federal databases necessary to verify legal status. And each marginal electricity customer reduces the costs to others, not increase them."

Democrats

Chris Deschene

Position	My Selection	Brief Explanation
Senate	Rodney Glassman	I think his the most impressive of the candidates by a pretty big margin.
Secretary of State	Experience?
Attorney General	Felecia Rotellini	This is a convincing description: She will bring it on. In this field, she is the ferociously smart prosecutor who has clocked significant time in the courtroom taking down lawbreakers and unwinding the complex strands of financial fraud.
Superintendent of Public Instruction	Penny Kotterman	She seems more passionate, articulate, and knowledgeable about the educational system right now.
Corporation Commissioner	Jorge Luis Garcia and Renz Jennings	Not a great reason other than AZ Republic endorses them.

UPDATE:

Why you should not vote for Huppenthal: