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 [...]

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 [...]

My wife Regina and I were two of more than ten thousand who took part in the annual Cesar Chavez March today from Pueblo High to Rudy Garcia Park in Tucson’s Southside. I hope you were able to be there as well.
There was so much peaceful power and energy emanating from the crowd. People of [...]

Most of you know that the RTA regional transportation plan election is coming up on May 16. I and many other citizens from all different parts of the political spectrum have been working for the last three years to develop regional consensus. We finally have a plan that we can all support, and the endorsements [...]

There was a great series of articles in the Arizona Republic last week, reporting the results of a statewide poll on Arizona issues. The results were really encouraging for those of us who feel that progressive values are mainstream values.
Most amazing was the finding that 81% of registered voters statewide (of all parties, in all [...]

UPDATE: Tucson Water Director Dave Modeer has publicly stated that Tucson Water has abandoned any efforts to directly deliver treated sewage to our taps, which in any case circumvents state law. Our concerns about treated sewage have changed our leaders’ minds. This issue should certainly in no way lead anyone to vote for the misguided [...]

Mapping the turnout for Tuesday’s huge electoral victory for two progressive Democrats shows an interesting trend.

Note that most of the precincts with the heaviest turnout are also under the flight path for Davis-Monthan combat jets.
Considering that the D-M noise & safety issues were a huge campaign issue, and Fred Ronstadt in particular took [...]

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 [...]