Camryn Sanchez
Senior Field Correspondent | [email protected]Camryn Sanchez is a senior field correspondent at KJZZ covering everything to do with state politics.
Prior to joining KJZZ, Sanchez worked for two years at the Arizona Capitol Times covering the state Legislature, with a focus on the Arizona Senate.
Sanchez studied journalism at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. In college, she interned at the East Bay Express in Oakland, ELLE Magazine in New York, and the Yonkers Times in Yonkers, New York. She then worked at the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow covering the city of Phoenix before entering the state politics reporting arena.
Sanchez was recently given the Society for Professional Journalists’ presidential award for her work investigating a state senator’s residency, after the senator in question filed an injunction against Sanchez, which was struck down in court.
Sanchez was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and is now a proud California transplant.
Out of the office, she can be found playing volleyball, drinking coffee and/or still talking about politics.
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Former Arizona state lawmaker Travis Grantham announced on Wednesday that he won’t be running for Congress after all because he’s been called to active duty with the Air Force. -
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs wants ongoing funding for energy assistance programs, but she needs support from Republican lawmakers to make it happen. -
Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs released a government efficiency plan on Tuesday which seeks to reduce state spending, in part by embracing artificial intelligence. -
A proposed ballot measure would change the makeup of Arizona’s legislative districts in a way Democrats fear would disadvantage them. -
Arizona lawmakers are not making a concerted effort to regulate the artificial intelligence industry. Lawmakers hope to build guardrails that don’t hamper progress. -
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is co-leading a coalition of Democratic attorneys general and governors in a new lawsuit filed Thursday against President Trump for his second attempt to impose tariffs. -
From speeding up election results to getting rid of automatic early voting to requiring ID the proposals are impactful. And not even all Republicans agree on what should change. -
A former employee of the Arizona Department of Education is suing both Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes and Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne for accusing him of committing fraud. -
Cochise County leaders are asking National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard to investigate debunked concerns about the certification of voting machines in Arizona. -
A bipartisan group of state lawmakers advanced legislation on Tuesday to make public records free. But before you get too excited, that privilege would apply only to lawmakers.
