If we thought 2020 was an important election, the stakes are even higher now. The 2022 midterm elections are critical because our democracy is on the line. Republicans who sought to overturn the 2020 election results are running for offices up and down the ballot.
No Republican should be elected to office who believes in the BIG LIE, who was involved in any way with the insurrection, or who believes QAnon is real.
- Do you want Mark Finchem counting, or not counting, your votes?
- Do you want a Governor who is chummy with QAnon?
- Do you want Vince Leach to be your State Senator representing LD17?
We must get this message out to the voters so that we can hold on to the US House and Senate and make sure Arizona finally turns blue.
We need you to get back in the trenches with us. If you are a PC or a volunteer who is still sitting on the sidelines, please jump back in and help. If you care about what is happening in our state and our country, we want your help too. Attend your new LD’s monthly general meetings to learn more about what is going on. Volunteer with a campaign. Talk to your friends, family and neighbors. If we all pitch in we can make the difference.
Our work for the 2022 election starts this weekend, with a canvassing and calling project that targets Democrats, and left-leaning independents, who missed the last midterm election. If you haven’t already, please sign up for this project at this link: https://forms.gle/bgdTBvYu6jMY9yGm6
Please don’t think that you sit this project out because other people will get involved. What if everyone was waiting for that other person to do it?
We all need to help elect Democrats. Your action matters.
Organizational meetings for the new Democratic legislative district committees
Arizona law provides that after redistricting creates new legislative districts, the party committees for the new legislative districts are formed at organizational meetings for each new LD. At these meetings, the chair, two vice-chairs, a secretary and a treasurer are elected by the PCs living in the new LD. See A.R.S. 16-823 https://www.azleg.gov/ars/16/00823.htm.
How to look up your new legislative and congressional districts
To find what new legislative district you live in go to the IRC’s Legislative District Lookup page and enter your address: https://irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=424810a4667049388ef6df4f0c73098b
You can also look up your new congressional district using the IRC’s Congressional District Lookup page: https://irc-az.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=ffc3e1bac1ed4350923608ae8e3544c7
Here are the upcoming organizational meetings.
LD17, Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m.
The new LD17 Democratic committee will be the first to organize at the regularly scheduled time for LD10’s general meeting, Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. PCs who live in the new LD17 will attend. Diane Nevill, Chair of LD10, will call the meeting to order.
LD18, Tuesday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m.
The organizational meeting for the new LD18 committee will take place at LD9’s regularly scheduled meeting time, Tuesday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. PCs who live in the new LD18 will attend. Susan Bickel, Chair of LD9 will call the meeting to order.
LD20, Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m.
The organizational meeting for the new LD20 committee will take place at LD2’s regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 28 at 6 p.m. PCs who live in the new LD20 will attend. Eva Dong, Chair of LD3, will call the meeting to order.
LD21 and LD19, Saturday, April 2 at 10 a.m.
The organizational meeting for the new LD 21 and 19 committees will both take place, one after the other, at LD2’s regularly scheduled meeting on Saturday, April 2 at 10 a.m. PCs who live in the new LD21 will attend. Lora Nastase, Chair of LD2, will call the meeting to order. At the conclusion of the organization of the LD21 committee, the same process will happen for LD19.
David Bradley
Our friend David Bradley is critically ill with pancreatic cancer and is not expected to live much longer. David was the President of Democrats of Greater Tucson from 1997 to 1999, Vice-Chair of the Pima County Democratic Party from 1993 to 1994, and Chairman of the Pima County Democratic Party in 2002. He served as the Arizona State Representative for District 28 from 2003 to 2011, and in 2013 he became a member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 10. He was subsequently selected to be Senate Minority Leader. David was also the driving force behind the purchase of the Pima County Democratic Party headquarters building.
Please visit David’s Caring Bridge website at this link:
https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/bradleysupportteam
Event: PCDP Signature Slam
Saturdays, 11am – 1pm
Pima County Democratic Party (4639 E 1st St)
Sign up link: https://www.mobilize.us/pimadems/event/439690/
Did you know that every candidate running for office must turn in a number of signatures before the deadline to qualify for the ballot? This year, candidates are in a hurry to get their signatures turned in before April 4th.
Come support our Democratic candidates every Saturday morning by stopping by to either sign their nomination petitions, or sign up to circulate them among your friends and neighbors.
Event: Democrats of Greater Tucson – Rex Scott, Pima Supervisor, District 1
February 21 @ 12:00 PM
Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrceGorz8pG9JlkhjblBUQQJdg2JQUm4fu
Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott, a Democrat, was elected to represent District One in 2020 by 730 votes. The district, representing Marana, Casa Adobes, Oro Valley, and the Catalina Foothills, had reliably voted for Republicans in recent decades.
Please use the Request to Speak system to comment on bills in the AZ Legislature
Please help our Democratic legislators kill the worst bills, and keep the good bills alive, by using the Request to Speak system to comment on bills as they are heard in committee. Here is how to get started:
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Fill out this form to have Civic Engagement Beyond Voting (CEBV) create an RTS account for you: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdjBMoAJrjHD57GGegmdUCKAowcr93K4vQA6a7_AjyElBtrQ/viewform
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Sign up for the CEBV AZ Legislature Weekly Update newsletter which comes out every Sunday and highlights the best and worst bills being heard in the coming week: https://secure.everyaction.com/J0eeRFWxbEeE9fiySEM-Og2
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Sign up for RTS training with CEBV being held every Monday in February at 5:30pm: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88387829561?pwd=ZjFLSWQvMEFTZnErQTlGREZ1M1RqZz09
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Sign in to the RTS system and start commenting on bills: https://apps.azleg.gov/RequestToSpeak
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