The Maricopa County School Superintendent race in 2024 may be a contest between one candidate (the current Republican incumbent, Steve Watson) who has been accused by the Republican dominant Board of Supervisors of financial mismanagement with regard to the funding of schools under his supervision and Dr. Laura Metcalfe, a 27-year educator and former County … Read more
Phoenix Vice Mayor and Arizona Congressional District (CD) One Candidate Yassamin Ansari has been a leading champion for combatting climate change and promoting clean sustainable energy policies during and before joining the Phoenix City Council as that bodies youngest woman member in 2021. Often partnering with Mayor Kate Gallego, the Vice Mayor has led on … Read more
Ahead of the next election cycle, the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC,) the political organization most responsible for ensuring party victories in the State Legislature has elected State Senator Priya Sundareshan and State Representative Jennifer Pawlik as their new Co-Chairs. Commenting on her election, the MIT graduate and Environmental Attorney Sundareshan, a first-term State … Read more
In the November 2022 elections, voters in Arizona Legislative District (LD) 17, an area encompassing Republican-friendly Oro Valley and the outer edges of the Tucson area elected Justine Wadsack by a slim margin over Democratic opponent Mike Nickerson. Wadsack, a fringe extremist candidate who lost to Kirsten Engel by over 17 points in a State … Read more
It has been one year since the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act. Originally labeled Build Back Better, this historic legislation, passed without the vote of any Republican (who, like their predecessors who all voted against Obamacare and the Clinton Deficit Reduction Plan, showed they were on the wrong side of history,) has, according to … Read more