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.

Inside the Room at the Arizona DNC Delegation Breakfast

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This morning we got treated to rousing speeches from Arizona luminaries. Sorry in advance that I didn’t cath all of our lead-off speaker SecState Fontes and didn’t get my tripod setup immediately – I’ll do better in future events! AZSecState Adrian Fontes led off. His main message was to turn your early ballots in within … Read more

UPDATED 9/29: ADLCC is Our Cheat Code to Deliver Total Victory in Arizona. But Time is Running Out! Donate Today!

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What is the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC)? It is the coordinated campaign in the key state legislative districts that can flip control of the Arizona Legislature to Democrats for the first time in decades. It is how we Democrats can start to deliver for Arizona citizens, instead of just vetoing the worst nonsense … Read more

Four Ways to Recruit Young People into Politics

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Please see below for Sarah’s video presentation about recruiting young people into politics, which she presented at a recent meeting of the Pima County Democratic Party. I’m a Master of Public Education student at the University of Arizona, and it’s my last year, so I’m set to graduate in May. I’ve been involved in politics … Read more

Trump’s Project 2025 Will Eliminate Democracy

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This is an edited transcript of his talk at the July 26, 2024, meeting of the Arizona LD17 Democrats. Watch the video below. To show how draconian Project 2025 is, President Trump spoke recently about the unified right. What does that mean? It reflects the Nazi ideal of what was called the Volksgemeinschaft in Germany. … Read more

The Democrat Who Will Defeat Schweikert. It’s O’Callaghan Or Bust 

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“It’s time to buck up and get serious. O’Callaghan is our best bet…” Miguel Medrano is Conor O’Callaghan for Congress Co-Chair, an elected member of the Penjamo Yaqui Pueblo Board of Directors, located in Congressional District 1, former Obama 2012 state director; and former executive director of the Maricopa County Democratic Party.  It has been … Read more