Some Maricopa County attorney candidates have spent a lot of money ahead of the 2022 Arizona primary. One candidate is saving donations.

Democrat Julie Gannigle received the most money and spent the least in the county attorney’s election.

“When I saw these numbers posted, all I could feel was gratitude,” Ganigur said. “The community has presented itself to me in a really powerful way.”

A private attorney, Ganigle is a former Assistant State Attorney for Cook County, Illinois and has spent the past several years prosecuting criminal, administrative and civil cases in Arizona. She ran for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in 2020, but she received less than 2% of the vote. Gannigle is currently the legal director of the Arizona Poor Campaign and former political director of Arizona NORML, a non-profit cannabis advocacy organization.

Julie Gannigle

her latest campaign report It has $166,000, or 24 times more cash than its next competitor. About 86% of Gunnigle’s campaign donations are under his $100. Her biggest spending is on companies such as her Washington DC-based TPW Consultants LLC.

Gunigl paid about $25,000 in consultation fees to political activist Bruce Franks, Jr., a former Missouri state congressman who, along with other Black Lives Matter protesters, took to the streets of the city. She marched down the street to Phoenix Police Headquarters.

“Not only have I changed my mind 10 years ago, but I have changed my mind in the last two years,” Ganigur said. “I spend a lot of time with people directly affected, listening to activists on the ground and what they have to say. As a result, I am a changed person. It can also change the

Notable donors include Phoenix City Councilman Yasamin Ansari, local union organizers, actor Mark Ruffalo calling for charges to be dropped in the Summer 2020 protests during a Mass Liberation Arizona livestream.

Maricopa County has 2,470,087 registered voters, which is about twice the population of Hawaii as of July 1. County Registrar’s office.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office is the largest prosecutorial election in the US ballot this year. The results of the Aug. 2 primary election will reveal which of the three candidates will take part in his November general election this year.

Former County Attorney Alistair Adele left the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office in late March due to health concerns. Her resignation followed years of misconduct and controversy in her office, including multiple state attorney investigations.Adele died in April.

“One of the reasons the office has a retention problem and a recruiting problem is that my name as a lawyer is tied to scandal after scandal,” said Ganigur. “I think starting with the prosecutor’s ethical obligations is the absolute first thing we have to do to earn that trust.”

Within 24 hours of Adele’s resignation, Ganigur had gathered the more than 4,200 signatures needed for the vote. Gunnigle said 15,000 people have signed up to volunteer for her campaign.

Gina Godvigear

Former Goodyear City prosecutor Gina Godvigear collected enough signatures for the Republican candidacy the next day. Prior to announcing her candidacy, she served for her 15 years as MCAO’s community-based Prosecution and Criminal Justice Division.

Godbehere Launches Arizona Youth Conference Speak up, stand up and save lives With Lily DeBlieux, former Pendergast Elementary School Superintendent, 2016.

The organization, which focuses on “missed warning signs” of suicide, has seen “exponential growth,” starting with 10,000 student attendance, she said. In various cities in the Valley, most recently El Mirage, it frequently hosts events that “try to bring parents and members of the school together.”

“All I care about is saving lives now and preventing future tragedies,” Godvigear said. “It will only happen if we look around and address the problems that we all know are happening in the criminal justice system right now.”

She was a board member of the Arizona Bar Association Foundation last spring and a member of the House Ad Hoc Committee on Teen Mental Health, which met for the first time in July. After becoming county attorney, Godvigear said she would continue to “ask Congress to explain what the current law is” on charges related to the state’s abortion ban.

Godbehere’s campaign received about $92,000. exhaustion At Summit Consulting Group in Phoenix. Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA) PAC donated $15,000 in early May. Gina of Maricopa I have over $15,300 in cash.

Notable contributors include Goodyear Alderman Laura Caino and other county attorneys.

Arizona law stipulates that due to Adele’s resignation before the April 4 primary submission deadline, primaries and general elections will be held to elect a new county attorney until the January 2025 term expires. I’m here.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors passed to appoint Rachel Mitchell as the county’s interim attorney, and state law duties will be met by the same party as Adele. Supporter He called for a more formal appointment process.

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell

Mitchell held office accountable as acting county attorney in 2019 after Bill Montgomery was transferred to the Arizona Supreme Court.

The incumbent, who previously ran the Special Victims Division, served as investigative counsel at Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 confirmatory hearing. He said his experience in prosecuting violent people has enabled him to “know issues” and “give very solid advice about them.”

Her campaign has raised about $243,000, of which about $6,800 remains.mitchell’s greatest expenses Includes $108,197 to Intrepid Public Affairs, GOP’s Political Advertising Strategist, $23,700 to Metzner Media in Maryland, and $11,187 to Google.

“I run an office, fundraising and campaigning and I was able to raise money [Godbehere] 3 to 1,” Mitchell said. “And I think that reflects not just my ability to run a successful campaign, but the broad support I have.”

Maricopa’s Mitchell paid In early April, $5,847 to Diane Burns of Apache Junction, who runs a professional petition collection company. Republican Annie Foster, a member of the Federalist Society, serves as legal counsel to Gov. Doug Ducey. She declined the race in her late April to support Mitchell.

In her new role, Mitchell said she considered wrongful conviction allegations, attorney ethics violations and police misconduct accusations.In 2020, she will consider police misconduct concerns. Created the MCAO Prosecutions Integrity Unit. She is the Chair of the Child Justice Task Force and a member of the county’s Trafficking in Persons Task Force.

Polling places in Maricopa County opened on July 6. Voting on Election Day begins at 6:00 am. Be Ballot Ready. Vote Confirm your voter registration. July 26th was the last day to mail ballots.