New Democratic Leadership Team at the Arizona State House

With Democratic House Leader Andres Cano leaving to pursue graduate opportunities at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the party caucus in the Arizona Lower Chamber, after nine hours and 11 rounds of voting, has chosen a new leadership team for the remainder of this legislative session. The new Democratic House Leader … Read more

The QAnon Witch Has Competition From Rep. Janae Shamp

The QAnon Witch, Sen. Justine Wadsack, apparently has competition for the title from another QAnon member of the Arizona legislature, and it’s not from Sen. Wendy Rogers (who is the undisputed QAnon Queen of the legislature). Media Matters reports that How Facebook led Arizona state Sen. Justine Wadsack to claim Uvalde tragedy was a false … Read more

Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Anti-Democracy Arizona GQP’s Second Bid To Do Away With Mail-In Voting

Democracy Docket reports, Arizona Mail-in Voting Challenge II: Lawsuit filed on behalf of the Arizona Republican Party and its chairwoman challenging the state’s no-excuse mail-in voting system, which has been in place since 1991. The plaintiffs argue that the Arizona Constitution requires in-person voting on specific days and, because mail-in voting does not follow these … Read more

Marlene Galán-Woods and Laura Pastor Declare Runs for Congress

The race to secure the Democratic Nomination for Arizona Congressional Districts (CD) One and Three are drawing more qualified and interesting candidates. Marlene Galán-Woods declares for CD One. In Arizona CD One, journalist and public policy advocate Marlene Galán-Woods (the widow of the former State Attorney General, Grant Woods) has declared her candidacy to unseat … Read more