AZ Elections

Cat Ripley, Candidate for Pima Community College Board, Sets out Education Priorities

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[fusion_youtube id=”3F04QecFheM” alignment=”center” width=”750″ height=”” autoplay=”false” api_params=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” css_id=””][/fusion_youtube] Catherine Ripley, who is a candidate for Pima County Community College (PCC) Governing Board, spoke about educational priorities at the Sept. 21, 2020 meeting of the Democrats of Greater Tucson. She is an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at PCC, and also a former Naval … Read more

Some Republican Nominees Continue to Cowardly Ignore the People by Avoiding Clean Elections Debates.

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Did you know Lynsey Robinson, the Democratic Nominee for the State Senate Legislative District (LD) 12 had a Republican Opponent? Or Mariana Sandoval in LD 13? Or Judy Stahl in LD One? In fact, Robinson’s opponent is the State House Majority Leader Warren Petersen. Sandoval and Stahl, both of whom are single-shot candidates, technically have … Read more

A Flashpoint in the Maricopa County Attorney Race?

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Today, appointed Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel announced that she has determined there will be no charges filed against DPS Trooper George Cervantes, who shot Dion Johnson to death during a traffic encounter on May 25, 2020, in which Johnson was found asleep at the wheel and an unrecorded struggle ensued, ending with Johnson shot, handcuffed, and … Read more

How Lucky We Are to Have Voting by Mail

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Arizona has been blessed to have two important and very progressive pillars of representative democracy: the Permanent Early Voters List and the non-partisan Redistricting Commission. This week, I want to discuss early voting – by mail or otherwise. The creation of Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL) by county recorders, the officials with the greatest role … Read more