2024 was not a good year for the Maricopa County Democratic Party. Despite many victories at the school board level, Yassamin Ansari and Greg Stanton winning their House races, and the re-election of Kate Gallego as Phoenix Mayor, County Democratic candidates all went down to defeat in this cycle. Several battleground Legislative District candidates, including … Read more
One post-election analysis conducted by the Center-Left organization Third Way found that despite the Harris/Walz ticket’s valiant efforts, Trump had the advantage on the issues of the economy and border security. Those surveyed felt the 45th President, despite his mismanagement of the Coronavirus, inability to solve immigration reform during his first term, and incitement of the … Read more
Hi Everyone. Please take a look at AOC, with Bernie Sander, describing her political career and thoughts about the future. Listen to advocates like the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin, Third Way’s Jim Kessler, Democracy Docket’s Marc Elias, Medias Touch’s Ron Filipkowski, and The Lincoln Project’s Rick Wilson discuss the next steps Democrats should take in … Read more
Arizona’s Attorney General indicted an out-of-state couple on December 2 for fraudulently siphoning off $110,000 in state taxpayer funds through 43 ghost/phantom school vouchers (ESAs). Ignoring the fraud, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne notified the State Board of Education 10 days later that the state would immediately issue funds for all expense requests … Read more
Finishing an election year that featured back-and-forths with the State Legislature, dealing with security threats against himself and staffers under him, and overseeing a statewide November election that included local bomb threats, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes discussed the achievements and challenges of 2024 along with the initiatives he would like to pursue in … Read more