For decades, Steve Benson poked fun at the state’s political figures — first in the pages of the Arizona Republic, and more ...

It makes stops in the Barry Goldwater/John Birch Society era and revists the impact of notable figures such as impeached Gov. Evan Mecham and federal building bomber Timothy McVeigh.

Goldwater was no doubt referring to Ezra Taft Benson, Steve’s grandfather and a powerful figure as Dwight Eisenhower’s ...

Evan Mecham served 15 months as governor before being impeached and convicted, but the fallout from his time in office reverberated in the state’s politics for decades.

Political cartoonist Steve Benson believed I was wrong about everything. But we had one thing in common that mattered more ...

Steve Benson, the former Arizona Republic cartoonist who skewered a generation of politicians, died at 71. ... historic figure named Evan Mecham. ...

PHOENIX — Evan Mecham, the only Arizona governor to be impeached, tried and ejected from office, died late Thursday at the Arizona State Veteran Home after a lengthy illness.

Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham is impeached and ousted by the Senate. He had been indicted by a state grand jury on allegations that he had failed to report a loan from a developer, ...

When Gov. Evan Mecham took office in January 1987, one of his first actions was to rescind Babbitt's MLK Day order, which he said hadn't been legally enacted. He urged lawmakers to refer the issue ...