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The Cuckoo Wing of the Arizona Republican Party is Out in Full Force This Halloween Season

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Another week. More opportunities for the cuckoo-Know Nothing-anti science-anti reality and anti-Democratic wing of the Arizona former party of Lincoln to fester and spread their false venom on the 2020 elections. First up is Arizona Legislative District (LD) Six State Senator Wendy Rogers. No stranger to bizarre social media posts, pronouncements, and associations, the former … Read more

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2010 Arizona Tea Party Dream Team: 4 Down, 1 to Go

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Oh, boo, hoo. The Blog for Arizona commenters think I am being too tough on poor millionaire GOP gubernatorial candidate Doug Ducey. Let’s not forget that Ducey– along with fellow Teapublicans Governor Jan “Papers Please” Brewer, Department of Education Superintendent John “Thucydides” Huppenthal, Ken “Birther” Bennett, and Tom “Banned for Life by the SEC” Horne— were … Read more

#AZGOP Candidates Party with Right-Wing Outlaw Cliven Bundy

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Clive Bundy at Mohave County Republican Party Picnic
Cliven Bundy at Mohave County Republican Party Picnic

The Arizona Republican Party needs to do some introspection because Arizona is not anywhere near as extreme as the AZ GOP is.

Check out this press release (below) from Progress Now Arizona. Three Republican candidates for governor, plus several other Republicans running for statewide office recently partied– in secret– with right-wing extremist and known scofflaw Cliven Bundy. Hopefully, most of these candidates won’t be left standing after the primary election today.

Arizona Political Candidates Hobnob with Cliven Bundy at GOP Picnic

PHOENIX – Outlaw Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed posse hobnobbed with numerous Arizona Republican political candidates last weekend at the70th annual Mohave County Republican Party Picnic.

Stumping politicians who attended the Aug. 16 picnic along with Bundy included: Gubernatorial candidates Treasurer Doug Ducey, Christine Jones and Secretary of State Ken Bennett; Secretary of State candidate Michelle Reagan; Attorney General candidate Mark Brnovich; Treasurer candidates Jeff DeWitt and Randy Pullen; and Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Diane Douglas.

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AZ Governor’s Race: ‘Not Sure’ Holds Lead in 9-Way Field

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Public Policy Polling data, plotted by The Tucson Progressive
Public Policy Polling data, plotted by The Tucson Progressive

Nine candidates are running for governor of Arizona in the 2014 election. How do voters feel about them?

Eh.

According to a recent survey (pdf) of 870 Arizona voters by  Public Policy Polling, Arizonans are underwhelmed by our choices for governor. The above graphic shows Governor Jan Brewer’s approval rating compared to the nine declared candidates: Secretary of State Ken Bennett, State Treasurer Doug Ducey, Former Board of Regents Member and sole Democrat Fred DuVal, Businesswoman Christine Jones, State Senator Al Melvin, Physician John Molina, Former California Congressman Frank Riggs, Mesa Mayor Scott Smith, and Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

Overall, the only clear winner is “Not Sure”– despite months of campaigning by some of the candidates, most notably DuVal and Bennett. In the GOP primary, “undecided” scored 34% — 14 points above Bennett, the GOP leader. Ouch. Individual GOP match-ups with DuVal show no clear winners because such a high percentage of voters are “not sure.”

Except for Smith and DuVal, whose approval/disapproval ratings are almost equal, all of the other candidates have much higher disapproval ratings. Disbarred county attorney Thomas has the highest disapproval rating at 29% (vs 13% approval rating). Secretary of State “Birther” Bennett (who has distinguished himself by demanding that Hawaii produce President Barack Obama’s birth certificate and by backing voter suppression legislation passed by the Arizona Legislature) has a 24% disapproval rating (vs 12% approval). Melvin (who wants to turn Arizona into the country’s nuclear waste dump and recently showed his stupidity on CNN) and California carpetbagger Riggs have the lowest approval ratings (4% vs 5%, respectively).

With eight months before the election, where does this leave us?

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