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. ▼

🔥🔥🔥Young Voters Favor Democrats as Midterms Approach

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Democrats are heading into the 2026 midterm elections with a substantial advantage among young voters. Recent surveys show Americans under 30 favoring Democratic candidates—and trusting them more to address today’s #1 issue: the cost of living. Across eight Senate races surveyed by The New York Times and Siena College, Democrats hold a 30-percentage-point lead among … Read more

Soto Says LD17 Race Hinges on Affordability, Education and Democratic Control

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Edgar Soto, the Democratic candidate seeking to flip Arizona’s Legislative District 17 Senate seat, says voters are looking for relief from rising costs, for stronger public schools and for a state legislature willing to solve problems – instead of deepening partisan division. In an October 5 meeting of  Democrats of Greater Tucson, Soto—a fifth-generation Arizonan, … Read more

Exposed: LD23 GOP Candidate Gary Snyder Has a Domestic Violence Record

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Law-and-order Republican candidate Gary Snyder, running for the Arizona House in LD23, has an undisclosed arrest for domestic violence based on an attack he made on his former wife over a baby who wouldn’t stop crying. Police in Somerton, AZ, had to call emergency medical services for Snyder’s wife, Flor de Maria Snyder, who felt … Read more

Dem Hall of Fame Award Goes to Youth Activist Dafne Zamora

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College student Dafne Zamora, who works for both Arizona List and the Keep Arizona Blue Student Coalition, received the state Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame Award. Zamora, age 21, of Tempe, won Outstanding Young Democrat of the Year on September 26, when Democratic Congressional candidate Jo Mendoza (CD6) presented her with the award at a … Read more

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