Jim Sharpe

1 week ago | ktar.com | Jim Sharpe

My first headline — and my second question — on the AZ Political Podcast this week concerned Karrin Taylor Robson already running campaign ads for a gubernatorial election that won’t take place until next year. But my guest, Matt Kenney of Echo Canyon Consulting, was kind enough to play along as I asked about all things 2026 (political, at least). Things like:Who will win the Republican primary between Robson and current Congressman Andy Biggs?

2 weeks ago | ktar.com | Jim Sharpe

Even though it’s a surprise sometimes, it’s nice to find that you enjoy the personality of an interview subject — and that was the case with my guest this week on the AZ Political Podcast: Arizona’s Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes. While I’m sure some people would assume that liking someone means that I only asked them softball questions, that definitely wasn’t the case with Mayes.

1 month ago | ktar.com | Jim Sharpe |Shira Tanzer

Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen says he’s making swift progress on some of the major items on his agenda he outlined when we spoke in November. He stepped into the studio once again for the latest episode of the AZ Political Podcast to share an update on how he’s passing legislation to:Speed up Arizona’s slow ballot counting process. Tackle the state’s major water issues. Increase education funding, including teacher pay. Find new funding for public safety.

1 month ago | ktar.com | Jim Sharpe

Tariffs are the top (and, really, the only) topic on this week’s AZ Political Podcast. My guest this week, Danny Seiden, the president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, discusses whether those new tariffs from President Donald Trump will cause Arizona’s fortunes to rise or fall and whether they could lead to future fallout for candidates representing the party of the president who implemented them.

2 months ago | phoenixmag.com | Jim Sharpe

As of this writing, on the afternoon of February 13, 2025, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has just launched her fourth legal battle – in less than a month – against the Trump administration. I use the term “as of this writing” because at the rate she’s going, by the time this gets published, she may have filed four or five more lawsuits. WAIT! STOP THE PRESSES! Because quite literally during this writing, Mayes became party to her fifth lawsuit against Trump.