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.

Paton swings on Kelly

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By Michael Bryan Jon Paton released a 30 second ad intended for air play that lashes out at Jesse Kelly on Kelly's family's business. The ad oddly juxtaposes Kelly and Obama as if they were allies. I suppose to a GOP primary electorate there is little worse you can do to a Republican than tie … Read more

Randy Parraz introduces himself with new ad

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By Michael Bryan Parraz has released a simple biographical ad intended to boost name recognition and tell the candidate's story. It seems quite effective at positioning the candidate in the primary as a fighter for Democratic values and traditional constituencies.

Parraz Has the Right Values, but He’s Thin on Substance

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By Jenn Candidate for U.S. Senate, Randy Parraz In a video shot at a campaign appearance for the Democrats of Greater Tucson, Randy Parraz – a community organizer running in the Democratic primary for John McCain’s Senate seat – says voters should ask themselves “what type of values this person has.” In an interview with … Read more

Ben Quayle Gets Dirty

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By Michael Bryan Let's give the new web ad by Arizona Congressional candidate Ben Quayle The Dirty treatment, shall we? Feel free to crack wise in the comments. This is Ben Quayle. His claim to fame is being even prettier and even less intelligent than Daddy. Not an easy legacy to fulfill. What is with … Read more

Could CD8 Republicans really be that crazy?

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By Michael Bryan  The answer is apparently: Yes! They say that insanity consists in doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. If that's true, then CD8's Republicans might just be crazy. All signs point to a "Tea Party" upset by Jessie Kelly in the CD8 GOP primary. Now that Brian … Read more