Matters of State Strategies Vice President Matt Grodsky Discusses Democratic Prospects for 2026
The stars are aligning for Democrats… …If they do the work and avoid complacency. Those are the sentiments of Matters of State Strategies Vice President, political consultant, and former Arizona Democratic Party Communications Director Matt Grodsky, who interviewed with Blog for Arizona to discuss Democrats’ electoral prospects heading into the 2026 electoral campaign. The questions … Read more
Grijalva Battles Foreign Mining Giants to Cancel Oak Flat Mine Land Giveaway
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
Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego Talks About the Squeezing of the Disappearing Middle Class
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
Malignant Turning Point Nitwit Pleads Guilty to Forging Signatures to get on the Ballot
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
Senator Ruben Gallego Releases “All of the Above” Affordable Energy Plan that “Spurs Innovation”
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
Will 2026 Finally Be the Year Arizona Democrats Capture Control of the State Legislature
Arizona Democrats thought it would happen in 2020. They thought that it could happen in 2022 and 2024. Will 2026 finally be the year when Arizona Democrats finally grab control of both houses of the State Legislature for the first time in half a century? Scott McNeil, the new Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic … Read more
Trump’s Economic Policies Aim at Our Past, Not Our Future
A post on Persuation by Jeff Tyler Syck about the problems with Trump’s MAGA prescription for revitalizing rural American communities caught my interest recently and prompted a post-length comment on his newsletter that I thought would work as the basis for a post here on the Blog. I suggest reading that post before diving into … Read more
