GRAHAM v. TAMBURRI

No. CV-16-0143-AP/EL.

377 P.3d 323 (2016)

Robert GRAHAM, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Frank TAMBURRI, an Individual, Defendant/Appellant, Michelle Reagan, in Her Official Capacity as the Secretary of the State of Arizona, Lenora Y. Fulton, in Her Official Capacity as The Apache County Recorder; Apache County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Christine Rhodes, in Her Official Capacity as Cochise County Recorder; Cochise County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Patty Hansen, in Her Official Capacity as Coconino County Recorder, Coconino County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Sadie Jo Bingham, in Her Official Capacity as Gila County Recorder, Gila County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Wendy John, in Her Official Capacity as Graham County Recorder; Graham County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Berta Manuz, in Her Official Capacity as Greenlee County Recorder, Greenlee County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Shelly Baker, in Her Official Capacity as La Paz County Recorder; La Paz County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Helen Purcell, in Her Official Capacity as Maricopa County Recorder; Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Robert Ballard, in His Official Capacity as The Mohave County Recorder; Mohave County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Laura V. Sanchez, in Her Official Capacity as Navajo County Recorder; Navajo County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; F. Ann Rodriguez, in Her Official Capacity as The Pima County Recorder; Pima County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Virginia Ross, in Her Official Capacity as The Pinal County Recorder; Pinal County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Suzanne Sainz, in Her Official Capacity as The Santa Cruz County Recorder; Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Leslie M. Hoffman, in Her Official Capacity as The Yavapai County Recorder; Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity; Robyn Stallworth Pouquette, in Her Official Capacity as The Yuma County Recorder; and The Yuma County Board of Supervisors, in Their Official Capacity, Real Parties in Interest,

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed August 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kory Langhofer , Thomas Basile , Statecraft PLLC, Phoenix, Attorneys for Robert Graham.

Israel G. Torres , James E. Barton II , Saman J. Golestan , Torres Law Group, PLLC, Tempe, Attorneys for Frank Tamburri

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, James Driscoll-MacEachron , Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Secretary of State Michelle Reagan

CHIEF JUSTICE BALES authored the opinion of the Court, in which VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER and JUSTICES BRUTINEL, TIMMER, and BOLICK joined.


¶ 1 Frank Tamburri timely appealed the trial court's order excluding his name from the Libertarian primary election ballot for the office of United States Senator. This opinion explains the reasons for our order entered on July 1, 2016, affirming the trial...

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