by Gail Kamaras
There is an exquisite irony in Vince Leach being defeated in the Republican primary in LD17 by a MAGA wingnut like Justine Wadsack. It seemed to me that Leach corruptly influenced Republican Commissioner David Mehl and “independent” chair Erika Neuberg of the Independent Redistricting Commission to create the state’s most gerrymandered voting district, LD17, for him to ensure his election.
Now the red-shirted Republicans who fulminated at the IRC hearings have a candidate who opposes a woman’s right to reproductive liberty, and who participated in the storming of a school board meeting as their state senate candidate. Let’s hope there are enough sane people left in LD17 to reject such an extremist and maybe even vote for a Democrat.
Published on 8-13-22 in the Arizona Daily Star