{"id":18448,"date":"2024-04-18T21:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/arizona-republican-drops-reelection-effort-after-accusation-he-forged-signatures\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T21:06:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T04:06:48","slug":"arizona-republican-drops-reelection-effort-after-accusation-he-forged-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbs26.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/arizona-republican-drops-reelection-effort-after-accusation-he-forged-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Republican drops reelection effort after accusation he forged signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.CBS26tv.com\/static.CBS26phoenix.com\/www.CBS26phoenix.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1280\/720\/BNF_Primary_White_Background_Loop_1280x720-copy.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\"><\/p>\n<div>A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and dropped his bid for reelection to the Arizona House of Representatives after he was accused of forging signatures on his nominating petitions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leader of the conservative group Turning Point Action resigned from the organization Thursday and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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