Clean Elections fraud fight goes to court as Green Party candidates seek to block repayment

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 25, 2026

Words: 1,849

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The attorney for two Green Party candidates accused of fraudulently obtaining public campaign funding and lawyers for the commission that regulates that funding sparred in Maricopa County Superior Court Thursday over whether the commission has the power to make candidates repay ill-gotten funding.

Tim La Sota, the attorney for Risa Lombardo and Duwayne Collier, the Green Party nominees for governor and secretary of state, argued that the Citizens Clean Elections Commission had …

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