Don Bivens formally made himself a candidate for U.S. Senate on Monday, saying the 2012 race could be the best chance in 18 years for the Arizona Democratic Party, which he chaired for four years to elect one of its own.

Don Bivens formally made himself a candidate for U.S. Senate on Monday, saying the 2012 race could be the best chance in 18 years for the Arizona Democratic Party, which he chaired for four years to elect one of its own.

Don Bivens formally made himself a candidate for U.S. Senate on Monday, saying the 2012 race could be the best chance in 18 years for the Arizona Democratic Party, which he chaired for four years to elect one of its own.

The sense of history that accompanies the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president is particularly keen for John Chiazza of Gilbert.

Campaign workers for Jim Pederson, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, say state Republican Party workers are engaging in “bush league” tactics to undermine Pederson’s campaign.

Campaign workers for Jim Pederson, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, say state Republican Party workers are engaging in “bush league” tactics to undermine Pederson’s campaign.

Gov. Janet Napolitano on Tuesday was given a coveted prime-time speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention this month in Boston.

July 14, 2004

Dorcas R. Hardy and Bart Fleming: The U.S. healthcare system is in need of genuine reform, but the plan prescribed by Congress needs a label, "This plan is hazardous to your health and your finances."

It was about 10:30 a.m. and 65-year-old Jenny Hutchinson had been waiting in downtown Tempe for more than an hour to for a chance to see Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

It was about 10:30 a.m. and 65-year-old Jenny Hutchinson had been waiting in downtown Tempe for more than an hour to for a chance to see Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

BOSTON — A tough-talking Sen. John Edwards made it clear Democrats will not cede any ground on the issues of terrorism or national defense as the party’s vice presidential candidate delivered the keynote speech Wednesday to the Democratic National Convention.

BOSTON — A tough-talking Sen. John Edwards made it clear Democrats will not cede any ground on the issues of terrorism or national defense as the party’s vice presidential candidate delivered the keynote speech Wednesday to the Democratic National Convention.

The former state banking chief accused a foe in the attorney general's race of filing a lawsuit against a payday lender to get some publicity and then abandoning the case.

WASHINGTON - Nancy Pelosi was unanimously named speaker-elect by House Democrats Thursday, the first woman to be ensured the post that constitutionally is second in line of succession to the presidency.

WASHINGTON - An influential House Democrat who voted for the Iraq war called Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, another sign of growing unease in Congress about the conflict.

Former Democratic state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been elected to represent a new Phoenix-area congressional district, emerging victorious after a bitterly fought race that featured millions of dollars in attack ads.

OK, so who got the bounce from the conventions? Obama-Biden did. Initially, they received a national ratings bump of about 4 percent. As of a week later, the bounce had increased to the high single digits.

It wasn’t all that long ago when they fawned over him.

DENVER - Democratic leaders huddled in Denver on Monday to map out their strategy to help presidential candidate Barack Obama win Colorado and the West in the general election, saying the region could be key to winning the White House.

Are President Barack Obama and the Democrats political toast?

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats hit President Bush on Wednesday for his Iraq policies and planned Social Security overhaul, hoping a vigorous response to his State of the Union speech will fuel a turnabout from their election setbacks last fall.

WASHINGTON - Judicial nominee Priscilla Owen gets the vote she's been awaiting for more than four years, the most immediate beneficiary of a deal worked out by Senate moderates to avoid a debilitating fight over filibusters.