Representative Harry Mitchell News

According to the conventional wisdom after last year's presidential election, Barack Obama's victory proved that a number of once-reliably red states -- Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado among them -- were turning blue, perhaps permanently.

Will the real Eric Wnuck please stand up? The potential Republican challenger to Rep.

" Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Congressman Harry Mitchell both spoke at an Ahwatukee Bashas' grocery store on Friday morning to kick off "Buy Local Week." Buying locally has taken on a whole new meaning in 2009, according to a news release.

As the recession takes it toll on the state and municipal general funds, U.S. Rep.

After making historic gains in the interior West in the past three elections, Democrats are bracing for expected losses in the region in 2010.

Edna Bonham gives her dogs Tumbleweed and Dusty a treat while her home care provider Debbie Overand helps out in Bonham's Florence home.

Arizonaa s fire departments could receive millions of dollars in funding to help retain personnel and equipment in the face of budget cutbacks if a bill sponsored by Rep.

Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth might just be Arizona's next senator. The local radio personality has publicly toyed with the idea of running against Senator John McCain in the Republican primary, but on Monday he took the first serious step toward a possible run by asking his supporters for money on the premise that he may mount a challenge to ...

A recent Roll Call blurb called U.S. Rep. RaAol Grijalva a "key player" on health-care reform because of his role in reviving the public insurance option.

Almost everyone agrees our current health care system is unsustainable. Yet most folks in Washington are more concerned with scoring political points for next year's election than delivering reforms we need.

A new statewide poll suggests John McCain could get a fight in his bid for another term in the U.S. Senate.

When Veep Joe Biden was in Phoenix Monday to talk up the stimulus package, he swung through for a fundraiser for Democratic congressional members Ann Kirkpatrick of Flagstaff and Harry Mitchell of the Phoenix-Tempe area.

A taxi-cab company executive touched a nerve this week when he accused Phoenix staffers of overseeing a corrupt and fraudulent bid process for taxi contracts at Sky Harbor International Airport.

A new poll finds Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., with just a slim lead over his challenger, J.D. Hayworth.

The westbound Interstate 10 was closed for drivers near downtown Phoenix Monday morning for Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade.

Vice President Joe Biden offered a strong endorsement of the federal stimulus in Phoenix on Monday and introduced some of the Arizonans personally touched by the plan.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden praised the results of the economic stimulus package in Arizona during a fundraising speech in Phoenix Monday.

VP Biden hits the campaign trail for four more vulnerable House Democrats today, continuing his role as the administration's political point man.

The vice president attended a political event in Phoenix Monday for Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick and Harry Mitchell.

As my colleagues Carol Lee and John Bresnahan put it, Vice President Joe Biden has been the "patron saint of House freshmen" and he's continuing his work helping out targeted House Democrats with a fundraising swing out west.