Gabriella Cázares-Kelly wants to Improve Voter Registration and Turnout Outreach as the new Pima County Recorder

A product of the rural community of Pisin’ Mo’o, Arizona (an area where it still takes an hour to drive to the nearest post office, grocery, and library,) Gabriella Cázares-Kelly has worked hard to help those in need, including children and residents in rural and Native American communities.  Over the last several years, Ms. Cázares-Kelly … Read more

GOP Congress Candidate Lea “Chapter 7” Peterson Squirms on Trump Question

Lea Marquez Peterson filed for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to unload $3.2 million in debt, tax liens and a judgment.
Lea Marquez Peterson filed for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to unload $3.2 million in debt, tax liens, and a judgment.

Lea “Chapter 7” Marquez-Peterson spent most of a recent MSNBC interview ducking questions — at first disavowing Trump because she is a “local candidate,” then later saying she would be “honored” to have him visit Tucson.

Peterson is a Republican candidate for Congress in Tucson’s CD2. There are 7 Democratic candidates vying for the chance to run against her.

No criticism of anti-Hispanic ex-sheriff

She played dumb when it came to Trump’s pardon of convicted ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio. “I really don’t have a position on President Trump’s pardoning of Sheriff Joe.”

REALLY? Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt of court for refusing to obey court orders to stop his immigration roundups based on racially profiling Hispanic people.

She runs a ring of Hispanic chambers of commerce that she says has 1,800 members, but they serve as platforms for Governor Ducey and other Republican officials.

She said she’d likely support a discharge effort in House of Representatives to force a vote on legislation to support Dreamers. She defended Trump’s calling immigrants as “animals,” because she said he was referring to gang members from Mexico.

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Register to vote for Arizona primary by August 1, 2016

Announcement from Pima County Recorder’s Office: “For more information on how to register to vote for the upcoming Arizona Primary Election please visit the Pima County Recorder’s office website at: www.recorder.pima.gov or give our office a call at 520-724-4330.” The Arizona primary is on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. There are several contested primary races in Pima … Read more