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.

Want to Win Races in AZ? Get on Board with Building Back Better

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From an AZ Center for Economic Progress press release: Arizona Center for Economic Progress and Americans for Tax Fairness recently released new polling showing that Arizonans overwhelmingly support paying for the critical needs of the state’s working families by ensuring the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share in taxes. The polling comes as the … Read more

Why is the Arizona Legislature Not Listening to Voters?

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Several speakers from exurban communities like Oro Valley and Marana spoke passionately about wanting to be in districts with “like-minded” voters at the Independent Redistricting Commission meeting Saturday, August 7, 2021. Their common theme was, “We don’t want to be in the same district as Tucson because we have absolutely nothing in common.” Their focus … Read more

States United and AZSOS Katie Hobbs Brief Press on AZFraudit

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States United Democracy Center was joined by Katie Hobbs to brief the press on the upcoming “report” (read “propaganda”) from the Cyber Ninjas to the Arizona Senate of this fraudulent AZ election ‘audit’ of Maricopa County’s Presidential and US Senate races only. Election experts and public officials were united in their condemnation of the lack … Read more

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Maricopa Recorder Stephen Richer’s Political Earthquake

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Editor: The recently-elected Maricopa County Recorder, Stephen Richer, who is a dyed in the wool Republican with credentials far deeper and stronger roots in the conservative movement than most, yesterday published an open letter which, if there is any way to rationally push back on his Party’s turn toward the irrational, conspiracies, and kookism, will rock … Read more

The Messy Fall of Afghanistan is Entirely Trump’s Fault

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Well, nearly so, anyway. There is a clear and indisputable context we need to keep in mind in evaluating Biden’s Afghan policy: Trump demanded and got the release of the leader of the political office of the Taliban, Baradar, from jail in Pakistan. Baradar then led the negotiations in Qatar with the US for our … Read more