Jonathan J. Cooper

National politics reporter for @AP based in Phoenix. Prior stops: Salem, Oregon and Sacramento, California. [email protected].

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

@lehnerjw Maybe that photo I took at least a decade ago can finally be retired now?

All the best in your next chapter. I learned a lot about state finance from you back in day

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

@JWilliamsJourno @sfstandard Great news! Congratulations!

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

@NikkiElizDemere 🙏 thank you!

[Jeremy Duda @jeremyduda]

Dolezal attended a signing ceremony for @GovernorHobbs' executive order against race-based hair discrimination after being invited by a Tucson museum where she'd been volunteering under a different name https://t.co/J5PgMimUYu

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

“During her three decades in the Senate, she was a pragmatic centrist who was known for reaching out to Republicans to find middle ground. But in more recent years her moderation chafed with a state party growing increasingly liberal.”

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

“Feinstein was the first woman to serve as president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the 1970s, the first female mayor of San Francisco and the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from California.“ https://t.co/BMtfRQqfvk

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

“You should know this about me. I don’t put up with bullies. And when you kick back, it hurts them more if you’re wearing heels,” Haley said. “I’m Nikki Haley, and I’m running for president.”
https://t.co/OfJqGeOMpA

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

Happy Birthday Arizona and Oregon

[Douglas W. Burns @douglaswburns]

At the @KariLake event in Ankeny. I’ve covered Iowa politics for a long time. She has @realDonaldTrump crowd energy. Has all feel of presidential campaign rally. Is she the Republican @BetoORourke — loses statewide race, connects with base, runs in Iowa? Think so. She grew up here.

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

I think this is our first peek at what Doug Ducey is up to since leaving the governor’s office a month ago

[Doug Ducey @DougDucey]

Honored to be a #2023SineFellow at American University and to spend time this semester talking with students about what we accomplished in Arizona the past 8 years.
@AUSineInstitute

[Meg Kinnard @MegKinnardAP]

She's running.

@NikkiHaley will announce campaign for president on Feb. 15 in Charleston, SC, according to a person familiar with the plans.

Supporters to receive email invite tomorrow.

https://t.co/EdpMiGUbAR

[Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett]

* “& Senate” *

[Michael Tackett @tackettdc]

"Former President Donald Trump is set to kick off his 2024 White House bid on Saturday with visits to a pair of early voting states, his first campaign events since launching his bid more than two months ago." via @MegKinnardAP @Colvinj
https://t.co/twYl742peR

[Farnoush Amiri @FarnoushAmiri]

Dem Sen. Mark KELLY deflected on Sinema/Gallego 2024 race says it's "kind of unusual" how much turnover there is for the Arizona Senate seat, with elections in '16, '18, '20, '22, and now '24. "People there, they need a little rest from you know, Senate races." (h/t @LisaDNews)

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego to run for independent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s seat, setting up potential 3-way race.

[Dave Biscobing @DaveBiscobing15]

WSJ reporter @DionRabouin was at a Chase Bank branch to do some man-on-the-street interviews while in town to visit family.

He didn't know the sidewalk in front of the building wasn't public property. The officer refused to let him just leave once he found out.

[Terry Tang @ttangAP]

Wow, the recount of AZ AG's race came down to 280 votes (!). If you think your *measly* one vote can't tip a scale...Story straight from the hearing from my colleague @JacquesBilleaud with an assist from @jjcooper.
https://t.co/LsxnVcjwyA

[Jonathan J. Cooper @jjcooper]

Recount confirms that Democrat Kris Mayes wins the race for Arizona attorney general, but her lead shrank from 511 to 280.

Republican Abraham Hamadeh picked up 427 votes and Mayes gained 196. Most of the discrepancy is from Pinal County.

[The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru @Garrett_Archer]

I finally took a moment to compare Maricopa turnout in 2018 to 2022. I had to sift through my archives.

2022
REP: 75%
DEM: 69%
OTH: 50%

2018
REP: 71%
DEM: 66%
OTH: 46%

Share of the electorate is the same for both years.
REP: 41%
DEM: 32%
OTH: 27%

[The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru @Garrett_Archer]

Map incoming. h/t to @sfalmy for doing the interpolation of 2018 precincts to 2022.

Statewide there were 775 Ducey/Lake precincts and 603 Garcia/Hobbs.

Hobbs flipped 311 precincts Ducey won in 2018. Lake flipped 6 in the other direction.

https://t.co/VyaNFKRDkZ