PHOENIX — The state’s top election official is asking a judge to toss a bid by his own political party to keep potential competitors off the 2024 ballot.
In new legal filings, the attorney for Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said there is no legal basis for the Arizona Democratic Party to challenge his decision that the No Labels Party meets all the legal qualifications to run candidates under its banner. Craig Morgan said the mere fact the Democrats are concerned about competitors hardly gives them standing to sue.
Beyond that, Morgan told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper the Democrats failed to prove their claims that the petitions submitted by backers of No Labels for political party status were legally deficient.
