Larry Bodine

Larry is an intelligent, articulate, and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ✍ He is an experienced and well-known leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UofA 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 editorials 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, watching film noir, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for lattes at breakfast.‎ ‎** Scroll down to see my articles below. **

Frank Figliuzzi: Democracy is Under Under Full-Blown Attack

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America is facing frightening threats to Americans including political violence, death threats to elected officials, the rise of militias, white nationalism, attacks on school boards, gerrymandering, anti-voter laws, and extremists running for office. That’s why Democrats of Greater Tucson invites you to our 2022 fundraiser to learn about the fascist threats to our freedom and democracy … Read more

Rep. Morgan Abraham’s Offense and Defense Strategy in the Legislature

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The Republican Arizona Legislature is passing anti-voting laws, banning parental family planning, and destroying public education. Accordingly, Rep. Morgan Abraham — a candidate for state Senate in LD18 — devised an offense and defense strategy. He spoke at the April 11, 2021, meeting of Democrats of Greater Tucson. Edited Transcript of Morgan Abraham’s remarks: Larry … Read more

Data Analyst Sam Almy Describes How to Keep Arizona Blue

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Our speaker Sam Almy, a Data Analyst with Uplift Campaigns, describes what the new districts mean to Democrats and Republicans. At Uplift Campaigns, he works with all progressive candidates. Sam places and analyzes digital ad performance on Facebook and YouTube. He also tracks early voting for Arizona and makes cool charts and graphs. Sam has … Read more

Fight GOP Voter Suppression Legislation Today

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Arizona GOP state legislators this year have introduced more than 140 bills that would make it harder for Arizonans to vote. In a normal legislative session, we would see only 30 to 40 election-related bills. Right now Republicans in the AZ legislature are pushing voter suppression bills to: Make it harder for you to vote … Read more

Democrats’ Salon: Progressive Veterans from Common Defense

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And now for something new!  Thursday, March 24 @ 6:30 PM – FREE Michael Bryan Democrats of Greater Tucson is for the first time offering an evening Salon to open its meetings to young and working people. We present three progressive veterans from Common Defense, the country’s largest veteran-led organization. CD mobilizes veterans to elect leaders and promote progressive values in 2022 and beyond. Not all veterans are conservatives … Read more

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