On April 20, 2022 the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission held an online debate via Horizon PBS in Phoenix for the contested Democratic primary for Arizona Secretary of State. Current SOS Democrat Katie Hobbs is stepping down to run for Governor. LD 27 House Rep. Reginald Bolding and former Maricopa County Recorder are seeking this … Read more
Like all Governors (especially those in large or growing states,) Doug Ducey probably has ambitions for higher office. Readers could probably hear the Ducey chartered planes making trips to Iowa and New Hampshire following the 2022 elections. With todays actions, the Arizona Governor has probably guaranteed he will never be President of the United States. … Read more
Democratic reaction to Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah’s ruling effectively dealing a death blow to the People approved Proposition 208-Invest in Education was immediate, full of condemnation towards the court ruling, and a commitment to continue the fight to fully fund public schools. Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman posted: Parents … Read more
As Ronald Reagan said several times in his 1980 Presidential Debate with President Jimmy Carter: “There you go again.” That phrase is apt for the recent attempts by the Arizona fringe right currently occupying the State Republican Party (and across the country) to look for any means to suppress or obstruct people’s (specifically, those that … Read more
Ever since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won Arizona in November, 2020, many Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature have introduced and reintroduced Anti-Democratic Voting Suppression measures under the guise of restoring confidence in future elections for their Trumpist base. Never mind that there were no major voting issues in the 2020 election (including for those elected Republicans … Read more