It is a Sad State of Orwellian Affairs when broadcasting an accurate Weather Report is a Firing Offense.

Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an unsigned statement relaying that the Liar in Chief was correct in asserting that parts of Alabama would be plagued by strong winds from the Dorian Hurricane. Recent reporting by the Washington Post and New York Times have revealed that agency government-appointed heads at the … Read more

Judge restores nationwide injunction of Trump asylum ban (Updated)

Politico reports, Judge restores nationwide block of asylum ban: A San Francisco-based federal judge on Monday restored a nationwide injunction against President Donald Trump’s move to ban asylum seekers who pass through another country en route to the United States. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar issued the order after considering new evidence presented in an … Read more

If elected, Ryan Tait would bring In House Experience as the next Maricopa County Attorney.

Recent current events have made the post of Maricopa County Attorney more of a potential elected prize for Democrats than just one week ago. On September 5, 2019, Governor Doug Ducey announced that he was appointing current Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court. With that announcement, the odds of Democrats taking … Read more

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley

Rep. Powers Hannley: I’m Running for Re-Election in 2020

As the temperatures cool down, the 2020 elections are heating up.

Thank you all so much for supporting my 2018 re-election campaign. With the hard work of a record number of PowersForThePeople volunteers, plus the underlying strategy of LD9 Precinct Committee folks, LD9 had the highest Democratic turnout in the state (82%), and I won both the primary and the general elections handily.

LE9 election results
2016 and 2018 election results compiled from Arizona Secretary of State data.

It’s time to do it again in 2020.

Since the Legislature moved the primary election day forward to August 4, 2020, other election deadlines also have been moved forward. Nominating petitions must be filed between March 7, 2020 and April 6, 2020. Unfortunately, the Legislature will most likely still be in session.

My goal is to collect all of the necessary signatures and Clean Elections $5 qualifying contributions by opening day in January.  I want to focus on you and your wellbeing during session… without campaign deadlines hanging over my head.

Yes, I am running clean again

Even though Republicans keep making it harder and harder to run clean, it’s not in my genes to run traditional. Running clean means that I take no big money donations.

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U.S. extracted top spy from inside Russia because of concern Trump mishandles classified intelligence (Updated)

The United States Intelligence Community is operating on the working presumption that Donald Trump is a national security risk who cannot be entrusted with highly classified national security information. The president of the United States is a national security risk to the United States. Period. Full stop. (If there truly was a “deep state” conspiracy … Read more