AZ Supreme Court takes up scope of Clean Elections’ power in Green Party fraud case

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 1,179

Last Updated: 2 days, 6 hours ago

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The state’s highest court is set to determine whether the Clean Elections Commission has the power to investigate whether two Green Party candidates fraudulently obtained millions in public campaign funds and then claw back the money if it concludes they did.

Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier, the Green Party nominees for governor and secretary of state, asked the court to preemptively block the Citizens Clean Elections Commission from ordering …

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