http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2018/04/2018-democrat-governor-de...
We have a great democrat woman running for Governor. Kelly Fryer. It’s time for change across this state.
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Leaving out information is another form of misinformation. Therefore, It greatly concerns me that three Republican candidates for Jeff Flake's Senate seat are named, and only Kyrsten Sinema, one of the Democrat candidates is named. Is it assumed that she will win in the primary? Has the DNC already "decided", instead of waiting for Arizona voter's choice? I think not. Deedra Abboud, is an intelligent progessive candidate who has traveled to every county in Arizona to meet with constituents across party lines. She has a very clear platform that is based on improving the well being of all people living in Arizona. She would be an excellent US Senator. For reader's information, the other Democratic candidates include Bob Bishop, and Cheryl "Che" Fowler. Two more Republicans are running, Craig Brittan and Christian Diegel, as well as one Libertarian Doug Marks.
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I live in Tucson, where I am active with the Tucson Indivisible chapter and other groups.
This article leaves out another woman who is running for Jeff Flake's senate seat. Deedra Abboud, an attorney whose practice included immigration law, with years of advocacy experience before that, is a progressive Democrat who was the first candidate in this race. She is a hijab-wearing Muslim woman from Arkansas who has pledged not to take any corporate contributions and who has been meeting with people in every corner of the state. She has been attracting hate groups, but also gaining wide support.
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This is a very refreshing story, especially given the candidates mentioned herein: McSilly is widely despised here in CD2 for being a do-nothing trump stooge, Arpaio is a cranky old bigot and Ward is plain loony. All success, ladies!
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Hope democrats take control, however I also hope that they learned the lesson. Some things need to be change, like diminishing the power of the president wit executive orders. What if another moron gets elected, it does not matter the political affiliation, it will cause a lot of damage. In addition the laws passed they need to be protected and not easily dismantled and change, they can be amended after discussion int he house and senate.
I will be voting for Colonel Martha McSally for US Senate this fall - not because she is female (and apparently quite sure of it), but because the Senate needs more members with substantial military experience, which has, and because she has been a champion of government fiscal responsibility while in the US House of Representatives.
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Ss long as the women aren't like Arizona's last female governor....sheesh.
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Here in Boston, our absolute worst City Councillor thinks she can challenge a Congressional incumbent in her own Party. It is a bit of a joke, but sad that this is the best we could come up with.
We need really good women candidates. The men have done a terrible job.
I don't care about the gender of a candidate. I care about the capabilities, experience, and the willingness to follow through on servicing the citizens they represent, regardless of their personal beliefs or biased opinions. Hmmm, guess I'm asking a lot.
Have you ever taken into account how gender might inform or shape those capabilities and experiences?
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I lived in Phoenix from 1995 to 2009. Even though during my time there Bill Clinton carried Arizona in 1996 and Janet Napolitano was elected governor there in 2002 and 2006, the state as a whole is hopelessly conservative. Until 2016, Maricopa County (Phoenix) elected Joe Arpaio county sheriff six times from 1992 to 2012. While it's nice to see women take a more prominent role in Arizona politics, I was also hopeful that Hillary Clinton might be able to take Arizona in 2016. Realistically, women and progressives have a long way to go to one day take over Arizona, just like in Texas. It will happen someday, but probably not for the immediate future. And I'm a guy. I left Arizona in 2009 partly because I was turned off by the conservative politics there.
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I beg to differ. Maricopa County is hopelessly conservative not Arizona. Baja Arizona is home to Raul Grijalva as progressive a member as there is in Congress. The Pima County Board is majority Democratic as is the Tucson Council. The Native American Nations generally vote progressive. Don't mistake Phoenix for all of Arizona.
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Please stop portraying McSally as a moderate. Just because she's marginally saner than her GOP opponents doesn't change the fact that she votes with Trump over 90% of the time, including the repeal of the ACA, despite the fact that tens of thousands of her constituents are only able to obtain insurance because of it.
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I was disgusted when she told Trump we should build a wall between Cali and AZ. Is she smoking something? She invited me to a teletown hall where anyone who asked about Russia got the same answer. Nothing. It was better organized that a Putin press conference.
She is covering for something. Her own corruption or the president's?
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What a crop of whining emails from men! I'm only sorry that their lives have not included more educated, energetic, passionate for the greater-good women. Perhaps when more are elected and serve, they will realize what they have been missing.
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I recall we've already had an all woman government, so why is this possibility any surprise?
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/17/news/mn-55002
This article concluded gender wasn't the issue. The issues mattered.
A shining example of how activism can change state politics, female Arizonans face what the native americans in that state have always faced: deeply embedded white male power that is kept at arms length and never given away.
The only reason Arizona sent a Barry Goldwater to the senate was because it was for many decades the winter stomping grounds of upper midwest conservative elites. Now that people of color will soon outnumber whites, the political transformation will soon flip unless the national GOP decides to modify their politics. California and New Mexico did this, Nevada is doing it now and Arizona follows close behind.
Vote democrat and watch as the GOP monster falls into the pit.
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And please include Mary Matiella, a Democrat running for Congress in southern Arizona's CD 2. Raised by farmworkers, Mary Matiella went on to receive three degrees and was appointed by President Obama to be Assistant Secretary of the Army.
Hillary Clinton won CD 2 and Mary is charging ahead with grassroots support. She is the "conservation candidate" and has received the endorsement of her future fellow southern Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva. Mary is also strong on veterans' issues (CD 2 is home to Davis-Monthan AFB and the Army's Ft. Huachuca), immigration issues (border protection, but not the wall), and protecting taxpayers' money (she has rooted out waste throughout her career).
This is the seat that is held by Rep. Martha McSally who is running for a Senate seat. Voters have tired of Martha McSally's hiding from them and avoiding townhalls. Mary is meeting with voters throughout the district, from Douglas to Sahuarita, voters in Cochise and in Pima County.
President Trump, prepare for the Blue Wave in November and bold new leaders like Mary Matiella.
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I’m glad to see Arizona’s activist women recognized! It was no fun knocking on doors collecting signatures in 115 degree heat for Save Our Schools but we did it and prevailed! We have 2 strong women candidates running in the Democratic Primary for Senate...you didn’t mention Deedra Abboud, a very brave Muslim attorney who has a long progressive track record. It’s energizing to have a good choice in almost every race and to see so many females in the mix! But frankly, I’ll vote for the best candidate regardless of gender, because we have some really AWESOME male candidates as well! And I want CHANGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
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Glad that the Grand Canyon State is finally making a Grand Stand. I cannot wait for this state to flip from purple to blue. Teachers are finally standing up to a wholesale looting of the public funds for private charter schools which only help the wealthy. Pay for teachers is pathetic. Sadly businesses who are rewarded heavily with tax breaks don't stand up for good schools. It is about time for all of AZ to stands up for good schools for all our kids. No more excuses!
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Year of the woman? The last time I heard that was when California elected Boxer and Feinstein in 1992. ... 25+ years ago!
Every year should be a "year of the woman".
Never again be content to sit on the sidelines and expect us men to fix things.
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Arizona teachers are paid the worst in the country.
Time for women to do something about that! And they are.
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That's one of the reasons I walked away from teaching. They spent a fortune on testing and demanded the curriculum conform to their ever changing demands. The third quarter was always so depressing. All we did was prep kids for tests.
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Hey, this isn't new news for Arizona. From 1997 through 2002 (? I think), the top five state offices were all held by women: governor Jane Hull, Secretary of State Betsey Bayless, Attorney General Janet Napolitano, Treasurer Carol Springer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Keegan. Google "fab five Arizona"
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Thanks for that. Of course, we all loved our Rose who took office when we deposed that fraud Mecham. She was born in Globe just like my mother. AZ is always up for a rip roaring recall.
One year. Really?
That's all you think we're made of?
Get ready to print that headline again ....
Year in. Year out.
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And don't forget Kate Gallego, who is poised to become the first woman to be elected mayor of Phoenix in over 30 years.
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In 1948, the Democratic party in Arizona ran a woman as candidate for governor (unfortunately unsuccessful)
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This is an exciting time for Arizona. The state came into the union with a strong progressive movement and the constitution is very progressive. The Republican legislature has been doing everything they can to try to stop any kind of reforms and to keep dark money flowing into the state from the Koch's and others. It is true that retirees around Phoenix and the large Mormon population are a conservative firewall. It is also true that these disadvantages can be overcome. Led by the new coalition of women, young people and minorities, we can take our country back, one state at a time.
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I've been watching that "Conservative Firewall".
It remains steady and unblemished.... even after McConnell and Paul Ryan and Trump have all agreed that they will be going after Social Security and Medicare.
Now, that seems totally unlikely to me, so that means I should probably be watching something different.
Church attendance?
Birth rate?
The odd thing about "firewalls" is that observers only get to study one side: the side they are looking at, but there's another side to a firewall: the one we don't see.
I'm 70 and I've seen "walls" come and go, collapsing overnight because no one was looking at the other side of the wall and it was honey-combed so completely that it only took a stiff wind to blow it over.
When Ronald Reagan shouted, "TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!", I suspect he already knew that, mentally, that wall was already down in most minds.
I am curious what is behind that wall because I know that the young bully-bully men of the Conservative/Republican/Libertarian stripe in NO way care about their grandparents - and their grandparents know that.
Curious.
Maybe someone will study that.
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We had an all-woman State leadership, headed by Governor Janet Napolitano. That was after Governor Rose Mofford. Followed by two more women Governors. Or did not of those women count? None of the women in AZ leadership were indicted for anything, btw. None went to prison, unlike a broad range of recent male AZ governors, Representatives and very nearly, Senators. If you're going to do a story about Arizona politics having a lot of women in it, perhaps you'd better actually do the story, rather than do your broad interpretation.
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Contrary to what this excellent reporting states, Arizona has not elected two female governors. The state's secretary of state, Rose Mofford became governor following the impeachment and conviction of Republican Ev Mecham in 1988.
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You forgot Jane Hull, who was elected after ascending to the governorship when Symington resigned. Only Janet Napolitano was first elected governor, but both Hull and Brewer ran and were elected after resignations put them in the governor's office.
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An an Arizonan and a conservative, it is worth pointing out that NY, CA, IL have never elected a female as Governor and that the 1st female appointed to the SCOTUS was Arizona's Sandra Day O'Conner. The big lie of the left is that all women are axiomatically leftist-they are not.
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Who said that most women are leftists? It's a silly idea that I've never heard. Plus, what exactly is a leftist? There are many issues that cross the fake leftist vs conservative line, particularly in Arizona, where I too now live.
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Making up 51 percent of humanity it is time for women to take control, and I'm a disillusioned male looking for positive change. Too many alpha males puffing up their chest faking contol when all they want is pride of females to serve them.
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Why no mention of Deedra Abboud, a progressive Dem candidate for Senate?
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