The Retirement of Senate Democratic Leader David Bradley has created a chain reaction for Democrats in the Tucson centered Arizona Legislative District (LD) Ten. Democratic State House Incumbent Kirsten Engel has announced her candidacy to succeed Bradley in the State Senate. That leaves the other Democratic Incumbent Domingo DeGrazia, Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, and Paul Stapleton-Smith … Read more
Today’s video starts with a walk down memory lane to HB 2365. This was a very complicated, major telecom bill that passed the Legislature in 2017. I was the only person in the Legislature who voted “no” on the final read.* I believe I was the last person to vote. Rep. Isela Blanc turned to … Read more
Apparently, it is easier for Senator Martha Coverup McSally to justify Mr. Trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors than it is to say no to corporate interests who want to launch uranium mining ventures in the Grand Canyon. Last year, the House of Representatives, led by Arizonans Raul Grijalva and Tom O’Halleran, passed a measure banning … Read more
Arizona Legislative District (LD) Eight is an area that stretches from the edge of the East Valley in Maricopa County to the Catalina Foothills just north of Tucson. It includes all or parts of Globe, Miami, Casa Grande, Florence, Coolidge, Kearny, San Manuel, Eloy, and San Tan Valley Democrats served in Arizona LD Eight as … Read more
Last week I posted about the Knight Foundation release of the results of “The 100 Million Project,” the largest survey of chronic nonvoters in history. Fascinating new research into chronic non-voters. Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign is grounded on the theory that his progressive movement will bring millions of these nonvoters into the November election, driving record turnout … Read more