Arizonans for Public Safety

The Arizona Democratic Party has filed a multi-part complaint against the Arizona Republican Party over $105,000 in donations the state GOP received from a Mesa group called SCA.

According to the latest campaign filing from the Arizona Republican Party, SCA, which is listed as an "unincorporated association of individuals," gave $80,000 to the party on Aug. 21 and another $25,000 on Sep. 10. SCA is the sole entity listed under "individual contributions" in the party's post-primary filing for its state account.

The Democrats allege in a complaint filed Tuesday with Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer that Republicans have violated campaign finance laws by taking money from SCA without obtaining a list of its donors. The Democrats claim this constitutes taking funds from an individual in the name of another individual, which they say is a class 6 felony.

The Arizona Republican Party has dug up allegations of rape against Maricopa County sheriff candidate Dan Saban for a new ad against the Democrat, which Saban is calling "despicable."

The new ad alleges Saban "misled a government agency about allegations of rape," "was investigated for exposing himself to a child," admitted to "masturbating on county time."

The ad was paid for by the Arizona Republican Party via Arizonans for Public Safety, a group Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Saban's rival and the former defendant in a lawsuit filed by Saban over the allegations, denies involvement with.

Nonetheless, Arpaio got the full force of Saban's ire, when Saban called him a "corrupt, evil and lying coward."