Defying the Polls, Dem Candidates Overperform Nationwide in 2023 Elections

Democratic voters are turning out in force to dominate local elections this year — putting the lie to gloomy political polls about President Biden’s re-election campaign. The polls say one thing, but voters are doing the opposite. Democrats Are Still Outperforming This Year September 25, 2023 by Taegan Goddard. Subscribe to the Political Wire newsletter for … Read more

Call on Senator Mark Kelly to Back Medicare for all

By Eve Shapiro. She is an Elected Precinct Committee Person in LD18, a Democratic State Committee member and former PCDP board member. She is a retired pediatrician, now works with TMC and UA campus health. She is also member of Physicians for a National Health Program. Medicare For All has been a part of our … Read more

LD18 Letter Brigade Strikes Again

LD18s awesome team of 20+ successful letter-to-the-editor writers continues to fill the Arizona Daily Star with commonsense Democratic opinions. Keep them coming, my friends! LD18 has created a Letter Writer Brigade headed by 1st Vice Chair Ricky Sage. Join the movement by emailing Ricky at [email protected]

Video: Adrian Fontes: Democrats Need to Fight

Below are excerpts of Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’s remarks at the LD18 Democrats on July 25, 2023: This is not just a call from the Secretary of State. This is a call from one of the state’s leading Democrats. Listen carefully, Democrats, we need to get it together. We need to register voters, as … Read more

Letter Writing Heroes

June was a banner month for LD18 to get letters published in the Daily Star. Encouraged by Lori Cinnamond, LD18’S Strategy and Data Lead, at least six of our letter-writing heroes had their opinions published. Kudos to: “Let’s keep up the momentum, get out your pens and let the presses roll!” said LD18 PC and Volunteer Development … Read more

LD 18 Coffee With Constituents Chat

Saturday, June 17 LD18’s three legislators met an inquisitive crowd of constituents at a Coffee With Constituents Chat at Beyond Bread on Speedway on June 17, 2023. Rep. Chris Mathis, Rep. Nancy Gutierrez and Sen. Priya Sundareshan fielded questions about school vouchers, light rail in Phoenix, flipping the Legislature, the power of letters to the … Read more

Ojas Sanghi in front of a map of Pima County. Ojas has connected the dots between environmental concerns and the recent NO vote on Prop 412

Prop 412 Rejected Because of Climate Concerns, Informing What Must Happen Next

by Ojas Sanghi It was not higher fees that killed Tucson’s Prop. 412. Instead, it was the Democratic, liberal vote — the climate vote — that tanked this proposition. The climate-concerned electorate may not have been all the voters against Prop 412, but they were the deciding group. If TEP, the Mayor and Council wish … Read more

6 Reasons the GOP Debt Ceiling Demands will Ruin Arizona

By Kirsten Engel On Monday, Janet Yellen reported that in less than a month, the Treasury Department will have exhausted all ‘extraordinary measures’ available to keep the nation from defaulting on our obligation to pay our current debt. If, at that point, Congress has stubbornly still failed to raise the debt ceiling — something it … Read more