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Arizona Daily Star endorses Congressmen Tom O’Halleran for CD 1, Raul Grijalva for CD 3

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The Arizona Daily Star endorsed online Democrat Congressman Tom O’Halleran for CD 1:

https://tucson.com/opinion/local/star-opinion-tom-o-halleran-in-congressional-district/article_43e13d93-08e2-59e1-8ffc-5d8c9f6a9e2c.html

CD 1 Congressman Tom O’Halleran

And their Editorial Board also online endorsed Democrat Congressman Raul Grijalva for CD 3:

https://tucson.com/opinion/local/star-opinion-ra-l-grijalva-in-congressional-district/article_71a4a427-fb8e-5237-aa8b-2ba176898324.html

CD 3 Congressman Raul Grijalva

Will update with page references when they add these articles to their print edition.  Update: published  10/16/18, page A10.

Congressman O’Halleran is being challenged by Republican Wendy Rogers (who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2012 (CD 9), 2014 (CD 9), 2016 (CD 1).  Congressman Grijalva is facing opposition from Republican Nicolas Pierson, a political newcomer.

Voter registration totals in CD 1:

Democrats: 150,969; Republicans 128,404; Other 127,332

Voter registration totals in CD 3:

Democrats 142,379; Republicans 67,685; Other 115,564

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Arizona Daily Star endorses Governor Doug Ducey, and former Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick for CD 2

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In today’s Arizona Daily Star, the editorial board endorsed Republican Governor Doug Ducey (page A8) and online here: https://tucson.com/opinion/local/star-opinion-doug-ducey-for-arizona-governor/article_8556481d-b05b-538f-acb0-7ba9f40a1ec8.html The Star also on page A8 endorsed former 3 term CD 1 Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, a Democrat, for the open seat in CD 2: https://tucson.com/opinion/local/star-opinion-ann-kirkpatrick-in-congressional-district/article_179c6c59-5ff5-5399-879e-f22f559095a0.html Governor Ducey is facing a Democrat challenger ASU Professor Dr. David … Read more

Arizona Daily Star endorses businessman Tom Tronsdal for Ward 3 Council seat

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The Arizona Daily Star has endorsed Canyon Fence businessman (and attorney) Tom Tronsdal in the Ward 3 Democratic primary.

Tom Tronsdal

Here’s the Star article:

http://tucson.com/opinion/local/star-opinion-why-we-like-tom-tronsdal-best-for-city/article_e3cf7db7-e7b6-5195-b6f5-c8623ade43ad.html

Tom is a political newcomer, and his campaign website is:

https://www.facebook.com/tomtronsdal/. He faces opposition from Felicia Chew, a teacher at Mansfeld Middle School and  retired attorney Paul Durham, former Chief of Staff for Ward 6 Councilwoman Nina Trasoff.

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Arizona Daily Star endorsements for General Election 2016

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Arizona Daily Star Editorial board issued their campaign endorsements, as early ballots go out this week.  These endorsements are in today’s print edition, pages A 8 and 9.

U.S. Senate:  Senator John McCain (R)

http://tucson.com/news/opinion/editorial/star-endorsement-us-senate/article_c04e7a68-0347-5334-a76e-89b5890b38c0.html

Congressional District 1 (open seat): Tom O’Halleran (D)

http://tucson.com/news/opinion/editorial/star-endorsement-congressional-district/article_80d50b9b-d0c2-5b32-9854-b29593b0c25e.html

Congressional District 2: Congresswoman Martha McSally (R)

http://tucson.com/news/opinion/editorial/star-endorsement-congressional-district/article_60081308-5e82-5bcf-bbc5-a18db8327502.html

Legislative District 2:  Senator Andrea Dalessandro (D), Rep. Rosanna Gabaldon (D) , Rep. Chris Ackerley (R)

http://tucson.com/news/opinion/editorial/star-endorsement-arizona-legislative-district/article_16963b81-8b4f-5c7d-a5a5-244ee9791064.html

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Meet political cartoonists and artists at Contreras Gallery

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Here’s your chance to get up close and personal with political artists Gary Aagaard, Rand Carlson (creator of Random Shots cartoon strip in Tucson Weekly) and David Fitzsimmons (cartoonist for Arizona Daily Star). Enjoy their funny, political art, and find out whom they’re voting for on Nov. 8, 2016 to become our next U.S. President.

Contreras Gallery & Jewelry is at 110 E. 6th St. (west of N. 6th Avenue): http://www.contrerashousefineart.com/

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