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.

Meet the ADP Chair Candidates

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TheDGT.org recently spoke with several of the candidates for Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party. This is likely one of the only chances you’ll get to meet them prior to next weekend’s Party Re-Org Meeting. If you are a State Committee Member with a vote, you’ll want to take a look if you haven’t met … Read more

UPDATED: Day-One Lame Duck Donald

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UPDATED 12/21: Democrats won, GOP/MAGA/Trump/Musk lost. Simple as that. Oh, and of course the CR continued a pay rise for Congress. The ‘compromise’ that 34 GOP members (many of the same that defected on the first try) opposed was essentially the deal we had already struck with the GOP for a temporary CR earlier this … Read more

Think MAGA Want Free Speech? Think Again…

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Our official legislative blog jester, Arizona Senator John Kavanaugh, is always haranguing others about free speech. Yet, he apparently really only wants free speech and expression for those who agree with him. He is currently holding hostage the ability of the University of Arizona to issue ~30 million dollars worth of new bonds for construction … Read more

Arizona Voters Have Spoken: Fund Our Public Schools

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This article, written by Beth Lewis, Director of Save Our Schools Arizona and Nicky Indicavitch, Outreach Director of Save Our Schools Arizona, originally appeared in AZ Mirror on November 29, 2024. Once again, Arizona voters showed overwhelming support for local public schools in the 2024 election. School boards across the state saw many pro-public education … Read more