Entries Tagged as 'Pima County Democratic Party'

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Live Blogging the Pima Democratic Party Reorganization Meeting

2:09 – Buisiness portion of the meeting is done. I’m outta here.
2:08 – State committee list is approved.
2:04 – Amendment seems to pass by standing vote after much discussion.
1:55 – Adam Kinsey speaks for bylaws change.
1:54 – Discussion moves on to bylaws amendment allowing other council members from other incorporated cities to have seats on [...]

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Downing Not Running

After a lengthy meeting with Pima County Democratic Chair candidate Jeff Rogers, Ted Downing has decided not to run for that office.
This takes away any hope of excitement from the meeting. I guess we can hope for some hubbub over those bylaw amendments.

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

10 Downing Street

Former State Representative Ted Downing sent an e-mail out to Democratic activists about the race for Pima County Democratic Party chair. Downing has spent the last couple of weeks talking to party activists and elected officials, and it was assumed by observers that he was thinking about running.
The e-mail arrived in folks’ boxes yesterday. The [...]

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Ward 5: Rabago Out, Nuñez in?

Vince Rabago released a statement today announcing that he will not be running for Pima County Democratic Party Chair. Instead, he will he seeking one of the vice chair positions with the Arizona Democratic Party. I asked him about speculation that he would be a candidate for the Ward 5 council seat being vacated by [...]

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Saradnik Replacement Herd Culled

Democratic activists in District 26 made their picks for the list that will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors to replace Lena Saradnik.
They are businesswoman Cheryl Cage, Don Jorgenson (who is already filed as a house candidate) and former Amphitheater School Board Member Nancy Young Wright.
If I were a betting man, I’d put my [...]

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Paul Revere and the Raiders Were Right When They Said “The Judge Will Rule”

The judge in the election integrity case gave the Pima County Democrats a partial victory yesterday when he ordered the release of two database files for examination. Blog for Arizona has a comprehensive history of this case here.
I doubt that there was any fraud in the RTA election. One big reason is that the results [...]

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Election Decision Next Week?

Word from downtown is that the judge that is hearing the Pima County Democratic Party’s election lawsuit will likely not be releasing his decision today.

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

Karl Rove Retirement Party

This Wednesday, our local Democrats will be throwing a retirement party for Karl Rove. No word on whether or not he is going to be there.
The event will be Wednesday at Hotel Congress, and runs from 7-10 PM. The cost is $20 at the door, $10 with a student ID. There is a raffle for [...]

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Jesse George

They had a minute of silence for Democratic activist Jesse George at the meeting on Saturday, which served to remind me that I hadn’t said anything about the guy.
Jesse George served in the Texas legislature and at the time was the youngest member to serve in that body. He later went on to work for [...]

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Saturday’s Democratic State Convention

Well, there was no quorum for the meeting on Saturday. Folks from Maricopa County hate to drive down to Tucson for these meetings. I don’t know why that is, since the rest of us are supposed to be ecstatic to drive up for meetings up there.
The only real piece of business was a resolution to [...]

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