Who’s running for Tucson Mayor & City Council in 2023?

The deadline for nomination petitions for the upcoming races in the City of Tucson for Mayor & Tucson Council members in Ward 1, 2 and 4 was on April 3 at 5 p.m.  Here’s the list of who’s running for the Primary and General in 2023:   Mayor: Regina Romero (D), incumbent (one term), former … Read more

General Election 2022 results for Southern Arizona – updated

For the contested statewide races, go to the Az Sec. of States’s website for the results.  If close, the outcome won’t be known for a while due to counting of provisional ballots cast on the day of the election. www.azsos.gov For contested races in Southern Arizona, here’s the early results, but stay tuned for updates … Read more

The Primary is Over – on to the General

Today, there are 77 days to Election Day 2022; but there are only 50 days to ballots dropping in the mail. The primary election is over. Some of the intra-party competitions have been extremely civil – for instance, Jevin Hodge and Adam Metzendorf vied for the CD1 nomination largely by presenting their own views and … Read more

Tucson Metro Chamber candidate endorsements for 2020

2020 CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS Arizona Corporation Commission Lea Marquez-Peterson (R)  Bill Mundell (D) District 2 Daniel Hernandez* (D) – House District 3 Alma Hernandez* (D) – House District 4 Lisa Otondo* (D) – Senate District 9 Victoria Steele* (D) – Senate Randall Friese* (D) – House Brendan Lyons (R) – House District 10 Kirsten Engel* (D) … Read more

Watch AZPM interview of 3 Tucson Mayoral candidates

AZPM’s Lorraine Rivera of Arizona 360 interviewed the 3 candidates running for Mayor of Tucson – Democratic Ward 1 Councilmember Regina Romero (serving 3 terms), Independent political newcomer Ed Ackerley (uncle of former LD 2 Republican House Rep. Chris Ackerley), and Green Party candidate Mike Cease (who ran unsuccessfully for Ward 6 Council in 2017 … Read more