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.

Dan Hernandez Launches Misleading Final Attack on Kirsten Engel

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Daniel Hernandez is claiming that Kirsten Engel “sided with far-right Republicans” against voting rights on his webpage and in a new online ad campaign. Hernandez’ site claims: “Kirsten Engel sided with far-right Republicans against Democratic values, including to pass unnecessary restrictions on polling places like those that Donald Trump used to spread conspiracy theories about … Read more

Kirsten Engel Lands the Endorsement Whale: Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick

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When it comes to endorsements, my own belief is that they rarely move the needle in a race. However, there is one that frequently does: the immediately previous retiring officeholder. Today Ann Kirkpatrick and Kirsten Engel announced Rep. Kirkpatrick’s endorsement of Engel for the nomination to the 6th Congressional district of Arizona. Kirkpatrick joins Rep. … Read more