Larry Bodine

Larry is an articulate and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ★★ Sign up for my occasional newsletter at Bit.ly/LBNow. ★★ ✍ He is an experienced leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 articles for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, hiking Tucson's beautiful trails, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for breakfast.‎ ‎▼ Scroll down to see my articles below. ▼

Sundareshan: Polling Shows Democrats in State Legislative Races 10 Points Ahead of Republicans

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Senate Democratic Leader Priya Sundareshan told supporters that internal polling shows Democratic legislative candidates opening a double-digit lead over Republican opponents in Arizona’s battleground districts. GOP control of the Legislature has left voters paying more for housing, groceries, electricity and prescription drugs while blocking action on schools and water. Democratic Polling Sundareshan spoke at the … Read more

El-Sayed Unites Democrats as GOP is Split Over Awful Candidates

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The victory of Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate in the Michigan primary is uniting Democrats – despite what editorial pundits claim. Meanwhile, the GOP is splintering over deplorable candidates in Texas, Ohio, Michigan and Arizona. Scientist Dr. El-Sayed – who is not a Democratic socialist – won support of young, urban and suburban voters to … Read more

Mendoza for CD6 Congress: No Data Centers in the Desert.

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“No data centers in the desert,” said Democrat Jo Mendoza when asked about the sprawling computing facilities increasingly proposed for Arizona. “Not right now, not in our district, not in our state.” She is running to unseat Congressman Juan Ciscomani in Arizona’s 6th congressional district, who has publicly backed the energy infrastructure that makes data … Read more

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