I am so grateful to the people of District 28 and you, my supporters, for giving us a great victory on November 7 as part of a tremendous day for Democrats all over this country. Thank you for all your hard work and support on behalf of Dave Bradley and me and so many other [...]

Janet Napolitano, the best governor in the entire United States, has honored David Bradley and me with her endorsement for the two State House seats in District 28:
“As I continue to push for better health care and stronger education, I must have the leadership and expertise that David Bradley and Steve Farley bring to the [...]

Thanks to all your hard work and support, we won a resounding victory in the District 28 State House Democratic Primary yesterday. Voter turnout was 52.7%, a bigger turnout that we have seen in an LD28 primary for at least ten years–and you helped turn out that vote.
Our dedicated Farley volunteers managed to cover on [...]

The Tucson Weekly editorial board has officially endorsed in the LD28 State House race, and the news is good:
“We’re going with Steve Farley, for the same reasons we endorsed him in last year’s City Council race. Farley is a policy wonk who gives a lot of thought to the issues and comes up with imaginative [...]

Back in June, I took my daughters to see the Al Gore film, An Inconvenient Truth, the day it opened in Tucson. The girls and I were riveted by the message that we need to act NOW to slow global warming. Even my 7-year-old understood that this was her future Gore was talking about, and [...]

The endorsements are rolling in. Today I received the endorsement of the Arizona Education Association. John Wright, AEA president, says in his letter:
“Our recommendation is based on your support for the students in our public schools and the public school employees who serve them.”
I feel very humbled by this endorsement because teachers and support staff [...]

I’m honored to have received the endorsement of the Arizona AFL-CIO for the LD28 primary. To quote the official letter from Executive Director Michael McGrath,
“The Arizona AFL-CIO General Board voted unanimously to endorse your candidacy on June 20, 2006 based on your commitment to the issues most important to working families.
“The official endorsement represents more [...]

This November, there will be a vacant State House seat in District 28. I have been urged by a wide spectrum of community leaders to run for that seat, and I have decided that I am ready to serve Tucson in the Arizona Legislature. I am especially honored that Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias is [...]

Congrats to new councilmembers Karin Uhlich and Nina Trasoff as they thumped the incumbents Dunbar & Ronstadt tonight by impressive margins. Precinct-by-precinct maps of turnout and percentage of votes for Uhlich and for Trasoff are now available for your perusal.
Looks like we’ve finally given ourselves the city government we’ve been waiting for with a 5-1-1 [...]