Arizona is becoming bluer with each successive electoral cycle over the last four years. Legislative District (LD) 17, an area that contains parts of Gilbert, Chandler and Sun Lakes, is a prime example of that trend. In 2018, Democrat Jennifer Pawlik received the most votes of the State House Candidates running in LD 17 and … Read more
One of the many disastrous effects resulting from the closure of all Arizona schools and libraries from the Coronavirus was that children who were impoverished or lived in rural and more remote areas of the state could no longer secure access to high-speed Internet and computer usage. According to reporting by AZ Central, approximately 100,000 … Read more
With the appropriate social distancing measures in place across Arizona, political candidates find themselves in a quandary. Until the public health emergency subsides, they, and their supporters, can not physically go out and canvass in neighborhoods conveying their vision for the district, county, or state office they are seeking. They cannot hold rallies or other … Read more
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
Many of you have recently asked me what the Legislature is up to. After all, we haven’t been at the capital since March 23. Today’s video is meant to answer the question: Are you done or what? OK. We’re not done for the year. On March 23, the Legislature passed a “skinny budget” with the … Read more