Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

Indivisible on the AZ Redistricting Beat

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Just a quick shout out to the excellent work being done by AZ’s Indivisible Redistricting Team to provide the public with timely information on the redistricting process. They have put together a very handy resource page to allow you to easily and quickly find all the latest about the IRC process, which I highly recommend … Read more

“Trump Lost” Billboards Come To Arizona

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As I was driving up First Avenue here in Tucson today, I did a double take when I saw this: The billboard that made headlines in when it appeared in New York City’s Times Square, has come to Arizona, home of the original (and hopefully only) #AZFraudit, courtesy of the Republicans for Voting Rights, a … Read more

Blog Shop Refresh

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If you haven’t been to the BfAZ Shop lately, or ever, I would like to invite you to check it out. With supply chain kinks causing some havoc (you might have heard about it…) there were several items that were out of stock. I have updated our offerings with an eye toward fixing those kinks … Read more

BREAKING THE BANK: Sinema Fundraising Juggernaut Continues, Raises $1.1M In 3rd Quarter, Cash On Hand $4.5M (REVIEW Report)

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Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema turned in a gargantuan fundraising haul in the 3rd quarter of 2021, raising $1.1M and growing her campaign coffers by $900,000 (to $4.5M) more than three years away from her next election. For perspective, the numbers are nearly identical to her previous quarter. And, in the comparable off-year quarter of 2019, … Read more

Biden's BBB

What Is In Build Back Better and How To Talk About It?

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There is a huge problem with Biden’s Build Back Better plan: only 10% of Americans have a good idea of what all is in the proposal. We Dems are doing a lousy job of communicating an enormously popular set of policies. There is also a huge advantage with Biden’s BBB plan: its components are hugely … Read more