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.

Candidates Should Be Like Sen. Kelly and Focus on Voters’ Economic Issues

May 13, 2022 by Michael Bryan

The Democrats have a long year ahead of them. With some of the most highly contested and critical midterm races in 2022, there is little room for error on messaging and collective focus. The party needs to show voters that they have the right priorities top of mind – that means tackling inflation and low … Read more

PCDP Statement Demands Supervisor Sharon Bronson be ‘Held Accountable’ for Racist Treatment of Recorder Cázares-Kelly

April 12, 2022 by Michael Bryan

Tell me an elected public official treated another elected public official in a disrespectful manner based on her race or ethnicity, without telling me that she did it. That is the particular needle the PCDP seems to be trying to thread in this statement. If you read carefully, it is pretty clear they substantiated and … Read more

AZ Democratic Party Alleges Constitutional Violations by the Independent Redistricting Committee Republican Members, Which AG Brnovich Will Surely Ignore

April 11, 2022 by Michael Bryan

Charlie Fisher, the Executive Director of the AZDP, has written to Attorney General Brnovich asking him to investigate violations of the Arizona Consitution by members of the IRC: “I write today, on behalf of the Arizona Democratic Party (“ADP”), to express our concern that (1) the Independent Redistricting Commission (“Commission”) violated the Arizona Constitution by illegally drawing … Read more

Just 8 Months Left to Save Our Democracy

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 by Michael Bryan

By Dee Maitland. Published in the April newsletter of The Democrats of Oro Valley. Sen. Vince Leach is a scourge on the body politic Democrats suffered for a decade in LD11, a safe Republican district that produced the insurrectionist Mark Finchem. We now must suffer for another decade in a safe Republican district, LD17, engineered … Read more

Videos on the Homepage?! Yes!

April 5, 2022 by Michael Bryan

We have a new feature – one that might be overlooked if you weren’t paying too much attention – so I thought I would call it to your attention. Just scroll down to just above our Events Listing. Bam! Videos! We now have the latest videos from the YouTube channels of AZ Representative, and BlogForArizona … Read more