The Maricopa County School Superintendent race in 2024 may be a contest between one candidate (the current Republican incumbent, Steve Watson) who has been accused by the Republican dominant Board of Supervisors of financial mismanagement with regard to the funding of schools under his supervision and Dr. Laura Metcalfe, a 27-year educator and former County … Read more
Phoenix Vice Mayor and Arizona Congressional District (CD) One Candidate Yassamin Ansari has been a leading champion for combatting climate change and promoting clean sustainable energy policies during and before joining the Phoenix City Council as that bodies youngest woman member in 2021. Often partnering with Mayor Kate Gallego, the Vice Mayor has led on … Read more
by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Arizona MirrorSeptember 12, 2023 “On the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tucson Republican state Sen. Justine Wadsack shared a fake transcript from United Flight 93 and liked multiple posts on social media alluding to the events of the day being a “false flag” and an “inside job.” “It was … Read more
An interesting tidbit from some of Sinema’s Democratic colleagues inside the Beltway from Julia Ioffe… The Sinema Lovefest: One of the more counterintuitive themes to emerge from my recent conversations with Senate Democratic sources is that Kyrsten Sinema, who officially left the party late last year, is surprisingly now being seen by many inside the party as … Read more
With Arizona Congressional District One a major battleground in the 2024 elections (the incumbent, David Schweikert won by less than a point in 2022,) Democratic Candidate Conor O’Callaghan took his case for his party’s nomination to Symone Sanders Townsend in an interview on MSNBC on Labor Day. On why he is the best Democratic candidate … Read more