A funny thing happened to State Senator Vince Leach’s dream of gerrymandering a district (the new Legislative District 17) to suit his electoral needs for the next decade. He lost his August 2, 2022, primary to known fringe extremist, radical, and dangerous Trump Republican Justine Wadsack. A known science denier, devoted Trumpist, and believer in … Read more
In 2020, I posted about some of the QAnon candidates running for the legislature. One in Tucson was Justine Wadsack. From Media Matters, Here are the QAnon supporters running for state legislatures in 2020: Justine Wadsack (Arizona) Justine Wadsack is a Republican candidate running for District 10 of the Arizona State Senate. She won the … Read more
Overall, Democrats in Arizona did do well in the November 3, 2020 elections. Joe Biden became the first Democrat since Bill Clinton in 1996 to win Arizona in the Presidential Election. For the first time since 1953, Arizona will be represented by two Democratic Senators (Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly.) Anna Tovar will bring an … Read more
Sept. 16 was the date for the Legislative District 10 candidate debate hosted by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC) and moderated by Hank Stephensen, editor of the Captiol Times Yellow Sheet. Due to the pandemic, the 2020 CCEC debates are being held online and not in person, as is the tradition. While the LD9 … Read more
Each election season, there is an endorsement process. Organizations, groups and causes conduct their endorsement processes differently. Some just hand out endorsements. Some require candidates to answer questions and do interviews. In recent weeks, the Arizona Daily Star conducted their endorsement interview with four of the six Legislative District 10 candidates: Rep. Kirsten Engel (D) … Read more