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 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. **

Arizona Attorney Bob McWhirter Launches Campaign for Attorney General

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PHOENIX – Lifelong Democrat Bob McWhirter — an Arizona attorney with more than 30 years of experience, a nationally recognized Constitutional scholar, and an expert on immigration law and the Bill of Rights — today launched his campaign for Attorney General of Arizona. McWhirter has dedicated his life to strengthening democracy and ensuring the law … Read more

Independent Redistricting Commission Must Reject Republican Distortions

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Today the Arizona Democratic Party released a new report detailing Arizona Republicans’ extensive efforts to manipulate the Arizona independent redistricting process. The report, “The Republican Attack on Fair Maps,” is a sample of Republicans’ decade-long and multi-million dollar effort to dismantle the voter-approved Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), and to mangle and misrepresent Arizona’s constitutional requirements … Read more

The Strategy for Democrats to Win in Arizona in 2022

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Democrats in Arizona can flip the state legislature blue, elect the Governor and capture all eight statewide offices – if they follow a new strategy that just worked in California. Republicans have used the strategy for years. But it will work equally well for Democrats and engage independents: capitalize on fear and anger. By that, … Read more

Write Your Pima Supervisor: We Want Fair Districts for Local Justices

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The Pima County Supervisors will vote on redistricting for the county’s 10 Justices of the Peace on Tuesday, September 21. They will select 1 of 3 maps. Redistricting re-balances the population of districts by redrawing the maps of JP districts. “Pima County expects fairness from our Justices in Justice Court. We want fair and equal … Read more

LAST CHANCE to Sign Petitions — Come to Petition Palooza on Saturday

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We are now just 20 days away from delivering our petitions to the Secretary of State, which means here in Southern Arizona, we have 11 more days to finish collecting signatures and get them notarized and submitted. This gives us time to process the petitions that are returned and get them up to Phoenix on September 21 where they will be … Read more

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