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

Stephen Richer loses — and shows everyone what election integrity looks like Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, in losing on Tuesday, promptly conceded and graciously congratulated the winner.

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, 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 ...

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, 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.

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 ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County Recorder, about his office's intense preparations to secure early voting in the swing state of Arizona.

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 ...

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