Arizona is one of 21 states with a mixed primary. That means voters can vote in either party's primary, but, if they are registered with a party, then they may only vote in that party's primary.
Neither Senator is up for reelection this year. There are several interesting races for the House of Representatives. Arizona has nine congressional districts. In the 1st, Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) is facing re-election in a district that has voted for Republican presidential candidates. Her winning margin in 2012 was only 3.6 percentage points. She has no Democratic challenger in the primary.
The AZ 2nd is also currently held by Freshman Democrat, Ron Barber who won his race in 2012 by even less that Kirkpatrick. He also does not have a primary challenger.
The newly drawn 9th district seat is currently held by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema. Her seat is considered a battleground seat this year by Ballotpedia. http://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_elections,_2014 She also does not have a Democratic primary challenger.
Arizona residents can register to vote online here: https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter/selectLanguage
The Governor, Jan Brewer, is term limited from running again. There are 7 Republicans running in this primary to be the candidate for the November 4 General Election. Whoever wins will face the Democratic candidate, Fred DuVal in the November election.
The Arizona state legislature consists of House with 60 members. Currently 36 are Republicans. The Senate in Arizona consists of 30 members with Democrats holding 13 seats. The Democrats were able to pick up 7 seats in the last election so that Republicans no longer held a super majority.
It is easy to register in AZ, so if you live there, be sure to get registered and be sure to vote for Democrats.
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