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Apr 18, 2024 · Published: Apr. 18, 2024 at 1:01 PM PDT. PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith won’t seek re-election after a new lawsuit filed in Maricopa County claims he forged signatures....
- Peter Valencia
Apr 19, 2024 · Clint L. Hickman, a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and a Republican, who has faced threats for refusing to help Mr. Trump overturn his loss in Arizona during the 2020...
- Neil Vigdor
Apr 18, 2024 · Republican state Rep. Austin Smith has dropped his reelection bid after being accused of personally forging more than 100 petition signatures to get on the 2024 ballot. And he’s facing a possible criminal investigation into his signatures after state elections officials forwarded his petition signatures to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
Apr 18, 2024 · Fellow Arizona-elected official Clint Hickman, a Maricopa County Supervisor and resident of Smith’s district, said in a statement that he believed Smith should resign in the wake of the...
- Jeremy Childs
Apr 18, 2024 · But Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman said Smith should resign his legislative seat now. "This is a man who has lied to the people of Legislative District 29 and the entire state about...
- Mary Jo Pitzl
- Senior Reporter
Apr 18, 2024 · Arizona Republicans will have to rely on a write-in campaign to hold a state House seat after first-term incumbent Rep. Austin Smith (R-Surprise) ended his campaign following allegations that signatures on his nominating petitions were forged.
Apr 16, 2024 · A complaint filed in Maricopa County Superior Court on Monday accuses Rep. Austin Smith (R-Wittman) of forging signatures he needed to gather to qualify for the ballot and run for reelection. The complaint alleges that nine pages of signatures Smith gathered appear to be written by the same person and look like Smith’s own handwriting.
