The stars are aligning for Democrats… …If they do the work and avoid complacency. Those are the sentiments of Matt Grodsky, Vice President of Matters of State Strategies, political consultant, and former Arizona Democratic Party Communications Director, who spoke with Blog for Arizona to discuss Democrats’ electoral prospects heading into the 2026 campaign. The questions … Read more
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-CD7) launched her congressional career with a direct challenge to multinational mining corporations, introducing legislation that would block Rio Tinto and BHP from seizing 2,400 acres of sacred Apache land in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. The “Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act,” filed today as Grijalva’s first bill, aims to repeal … Read more
Is the American Middle Class the same as it was over 50 years ago, before the Energy Crisis, the Great Inflation, and the decades-long misguided Republican institution of the economic policies known as Trickle Down Reaganomics? The answer, according to many, including Senator Ruben Gallego, is no. In part one of a new social media … Read more
Republican numbskull Austin Cole Smith has pleaded guilty to blatantly forging signatures on a petition to get on the ballot in LD29. He was the Strategic Director of Turning Point Action, who spent years claiming widespread election fraud, only to be one of the few people found guilty of election fraud himself. “Can’t make this … Read more
While Donald Trump spent part of last week by taking American Energy progress backwards with his announcement of reducing national fuel standards, Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego released his “Fostering American Energy Innovation and Affordability” plan which, if enacted would “take an all-of-the-above approach with an eye to ensuring future investments are focused on the most … Read more