Many thanks to LD18’s volunteer Video Editor and Producer, Charles Wantman. Peggy Turk-Boyer and Cristina Soto-Weibel are both elected precinct committee people and dedicated organizers in the Sabino Territory of LD18. Not only are they friends, but they also team up with the Latino Democrats of Tucson. “As I was retiring, we just found each … Read more
Ylenia Aguilar is running for the Arizona Corporation Commission. She is running as a Clean Elections Candidate because she believes a Corporation Commissioner shouldn’t take money from special interests and the corporate entities they are elected to regulate. She has served as a Governing Board Member in the Osborn School District, Vitalyst Health Foundation Board … Read more
By Kim Bayne Did you know that every year over four million young individuals reach the age of 18 and most of them are eligible to register to vote before they finish high school? In Arizona, fewer than 15 percent of our state’s high school seniors or graduates are actually registered. Most of those who … Read more
By Larry Bodine, LD18 Chair Thank you, Joe Biden, for the great economic news: 253,000 jobs added, the lowest unemployment rate (3.4%) in 54 years, wages rising faster than in decades, a drop in inflation and more people (especially women) working than at any point in American history. What does NOT matter is his age, … Read more
By Ed Carter Are you looking to make a positive impact on your community? Are you ready to take your activism to the next level? Running for office could be a path worth exploring. Political campaigns can be challenging, whether at the federal, state, or local level. And when you live with a disability, those challenges … Read more
Generation Z, composed of young people born after 1997, leans heavily Democratic.By understanding the five shared life experiences of Gen Z, Democrats can learn how to appeal to this key voting bloc. John Della Volpe is the Director of Polling at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. His best-selling book is just out, called Fight: … Read more
Gail Kamaras is an elected Precinct Committee Person and LD18’s Pantano Territory Lead. Her letter was published on March 20 in the Arizona Daily Star So Arizona’s Republican “Freedom Caucus” legislators don’t want ranked choice voting and have proposed bills to block it. Their claims against it are ludicrous. They claim it “disenfranchises voters.” In … Read more
Gov. Hobbs announced the start of her political operation with a $500,000 commitment to flipping the Arizona House and Senate in 2024. This unprecedented investment so early in the election cycle shows the governor’s commitment to securing a governing majority for the last two years of her first term. The funding is just the first round of … Read more
by Pepper Provenzano Come back, America. Stand up and speak out! Silence is tantamount to selling this country outright. It is our civic duty to vote, to come together and expose wrongdoing, to hold our leaders and controlling special interests accountable. I made my living as an ethical journalist for 20 years, and I resent … Read more
by Larry Bodine Adrian Fontes, the Democratic Candidate for Arizona Secretary of State, addressed a cheering crowd of 150 people at a rally organized by LD18 Democrats on October 1, 2022, in Tucson. Fontes held up the cover of Time magazine for October 10-17, 2022, which featured him and other courageous Secretary of State candidates … Read more