Republican Arizona official who faced harassment over elections will not seek re-election

Republican Bill Gates, a county official in Arizona whose role overseeing elections in 2022 brought him a torrent of threats that required him to be temporarily moved to an undisclosed location, announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2024. Gates announced his decision not to seek a third term on Maricopa County's Board of Supervisors, in a statement Thursday that described his efforts to resist “external pressure,” and tell "the truth about our elections in the face of false information," in a county that has been at the...