AZ Elections

Arizona Democratic Congressional Candidates and Incumbents Offer Their Views on the MAGA Republican Budget that Robs from the Poor to Give to the Rich

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House Republicans, despite members of their own caucus that want a crueler product, are moving forward with their plans to pass a big ugly budget and tax bill that, among other disgusting features, starves children, robs health benefits from the working and middle class, guts Head Start, and makes polluting great again. The Arizona Democratic … Read more

Instead of Doing the People’s Business, MAGA Republicans Shut Down the Arizona Legislature for Two Weeks

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With a new fiscal year budget nowhere near completion and questions remaining on so many outstanding issues like water conservation, Empowerment Scholarship Account reforms and cost controls, funding public schools by extending Proposition 123, and making life in Arizona more affordable, MAGA Republican leadership at the State Capitol thought this was the best time to … Read more

UPDATED May 8th: Democrats Voted for Some Bad Bills, but AZ Rep. Alma Hernandez Sponsored a Terrible One

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UPDATE: I am very disappointed that Governor Hobbs signed HB2880 rather than vetoing it, as it deserved. Per Tucson Agenda: “Hobbs signed a bill that requires university administrators to order protesters who camp out on campuses to dismantle their tents and leave, Capitol Media Services’ Howard Fischer reports. If protesters refuse, they could face trespassing charges. The bill was … Read more

As Her Own Person, Adelita Grijalva Will Continue Her Father’s Progressive Legacy in Congress and Help People in CD 7 Achieve the American Dream

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Former Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva wants to continue working on the progressive legacy of her late father, Representative Raul Grijalva, as his successor in Congress, representing the people of Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District.  A person with twenty years of public service in her own right as a school board member for Tucson Unified and … Read more