Political operative Nathan Sproul has made millions of dollars doing one thing: Building a bigger Republican Party.

Political operative Nathan Sproul has made millions of dollars doing one thing: Building a bigger Republican Party.

June 8, 2004

The clock is ticking for Tri-City Baptist Church, where prayer services and classes at its school, college and graduate school are slated to begin at a new $21.5 million south Chandler campus next month.

The Arizona Republican Party is losing momentum, mired in the somewhat new, but increasingly familiar position of trailing the Democratic Party in both new voter registration and fundraising.

October 6, 2004

A Scottsdale activist filed a complaint with the Arizona Attorney General's Office on Tuesday, asking the office to investigate whether developer Steve Ellman and members of the Maricopa County Republican Party attempted to improperly influence the Scottsdale mayoral election last spring.

PHOENIX -- Michigan is getting more attention from Republican presidential contenders than Arizona though both states share a Feb. 28 primary date and have virtually the same number of convention delegates, but that changes Wednesday, at least for a day.

Foes of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage are accumulating more cash than they are supporters. New financial disclosure forms show that Arizona Together, the coalition to fight the initiative, has collected more than $523,000 since launching the campaign last summer.