On July 13, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1123, which requires all cities in Arizona to use non-partisan elections for their own city officers. See this story. Tucson is the only city in Arizona that uses partisan elections. One Tucson city councilmember is already talking about suing the state, on the grounds that under the State Constitution, each city has a right to decide how it will hold its own elections. UPDATE: here is an editorial from Tucson’s daily newspaper of July 15, attacking the bill.