Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who faced death threats and endless harassment for doing his job, lost his reelection bid to state Rep. Justin Heap, an attorney aligned with the state ...

Stephen Richer, who’s been a fierce defender of the integrity of Maricopa County elections since he was elected as county recorder, has lost a Republican primary to keep that role.

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer lost the primary to Justin Heap, who has cast doubt on the county's election operations. July 31, 2024, 7:19 PM EDT. By Clarissa-Jan Lim.

T his summer, Stephen Richer, the county recorder in Maricopa County, Ariz., ran for re-election as an unabashedly pro-democracy Republican. That was a bold stance in Maricopa, which had been ...

Stephen Richer, a Republican who actually defended election integrity in Arizona, loses primary race Richer, first elected in 2020, was subjected to attacks for rejecting Trump's false claims of ...

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer (right) criticized former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (left) in a 2023 interview. Photos by Gage Skidmore/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 ...

The official start of Summer is almost here, and Stephen Richer, Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy and former ...

Stephen Richer, the Maricopa County recorder in Phoenix, was widely criticized by Republicans for defending the state’s voting system against false claims about the 2020 election.

If Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer wants to put country over party, he must ensure the Democrat, not the Republican who beat him, wins.