Candidate Interviews

As a State Senator in LD Three, Jeff Fortney will Fight for Public Education and Arizonan’s Constitutional Rights

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With Arizona Republicans like Legislative District Three Senator and Senate Leader John Kavanaugh embracing MAGA, Plutocratic, and Conservative Christian positions on private school vouchers, tax cuts for the rich, taking away LGBTQ rights, and the compromising of constitutional due process and voting rights, educator and school board member Jeff Fortney sees an opening to appeal … Read more

Lifelong Educator Julie Stockwell Will Bring Her Love of Public Schools to the Deer Valley School Board

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Mother, grandmother, and lifelong educator Julie Stockwell bleeds public schools.  She also cares deeply about ensuring that schoolchildren are prepared for academic and career success in their K-12 education.  That is why she is running again for the Deer Valley School Unified School District Governing Board.  Believing “school board members should be champions of the … Read more

Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes Tells the Department of Justice to Pound Sand

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The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s quest to obtain private voter information, registration, and election records took another turn on January 6, 2026, when it launched litigation against Arizona and Connecticut to compel government officials in those states to turn them over. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has signaled that he will not … Read more

School Board Member Karen Gresham Vies to Help Democrats Get a State House Majority in Battleground LD Four

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If Arizona Democrats take both houses of the State Legislature in 2026, they would probably accomplish it by taking the House and Senate seats in Legislative District (LD) Four, located in Northern Phoenix and Scottsdale. School Board Member Karen Gresham is taking her second shot at winning one of the LD Four State House seats. … Read more