Seeing Red AZ Run by Right-Wing Cowards

I left some comments at a right-wing Arizona blog today, responding a post about McSally’s Senate campaign and some of the critical ads being run against her. I posted as myself, not hiding my affiliations, viewpoint, or identity. I did not use profanity or make any ad hominem attacks on any of the writers or … Read more

GOP Rejects Select Investigative Committee on Coronavirus Crisis

In a perfectly party-line vote of 212 to 182, the GOP wholly rejected House Resolution 935, to establish a select investigative sub-committee for the Coronavirus Crisis under the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Republicans lost the vote, but they made their desire to obfuscate this Administration’s failure very clear. The Sub-Committee will have the powers … Read more

Updated SWAG List of State Primary Candidates for 2020

It is time to update the “silly wild ass guess” (SWAG) list of candidates running for office in November. Below is a list of candidates who made the cut at the filing deadline to run for either the State Legislature or a seat on the Corporation Commission. The filing deadline for declared party candidacies was April … Read more

Pima County Elected Offices in 2020

Tuesday was the filing deadline for candidates to submit their petitions to run for office. For some years now, Pima County races have largely been sleepy nonevents because incumbents have been elected and reelected for many years. There have been some years in which incumbents did not even have an opponent. It is going to … Read more