Arizona Republicans will have to rely on a write-in campaign to hold a state House seat after first-term incumbent Rep. Austin Smith (R-Surprise) ended his campaign after allegation that ...

An ethics complaint filed against Republican state Rep. Austin Smith, after he was accused of petition signature fraud, was dropped by the House Ethics Committee Friday. Smith dropped his reelection ...

The campaign to elect Democrats to state legislatures nationwide is calling on Rep. Austin Smith to resign, joining others who are urging the lawmaker to step down after legal complaints that he ...

A proposal to split up Maricopa County got unanimous Republican backing in a House of Representatives committee, but doesn’t have the support of the most important GOP vote in the chamber — House ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was ...

A state lawmaker with a history of leveling unfounded allegations of fraud against election workers has dropped his reelection bid amid allegations he forged signatures on his nomination petitions ...

PHOENIX (AP) — A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he ...

In Memory of AUSTIN G. SMITH May 13, 1955 – Dec. 26, 2003 Although you’ve been gone a year, it seems like only yesterday. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of you, and the love you ...