Wendy Rogers to remain on CD1 Republican primary ballot
Republican Wendy Rogers is entitled to run for Congress despite flaws in her nominating petitions, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Chief Justice Scott Bales, writing for himself and three other justices hearing the case, acknowledged that some of the nominating petitions submitted by Wendy Rogers incorrectly listed that the people signing them were residents of Coconino County. In fact, Congressional District 1 encompasses all or parts of 11 of the state’s 15 counties, with signatures coming from around the district.
The error, according to Mike Liburdi, her attorney, was caused when campaign workers presumed that the county that is supposed to be at the top of each sheet was the county of residence of the candidate. That is not the law.