Random Musings

Yes, I realize that this benefits from 20/20 hindsight. 1. Joe Biden should have stepped well before any Democratic primary/caucus.  The eve...

And the gist of that message should be: "Please go away." Over the last couple of days, I've received four email messages from...

There were 13 statewide questions in total on this year's ballot in AZ; 11 were referred by the Republicans in the legislature, two were...

...At least in Maricopa County.  I didn't look at the other counties in AZ. There were 40 school district questions here; 31 passed.  Th...

* = There's a rather big caveat: If current results hold up.  A couple of the districts that currently favor the Democratic candidate ar...

First and foremost, I want to thanks each and every person who helped to run a polling site or to count ballots.  I may not like some of the...

 

When the Arizona Secretary of State and the Maricopa County Recorder post initial results, I'll post some of them here.  Those initial r...

In addition to the candidates, 27 districts will have bond, override, or "district additional assistance" questions on their ballo...

Stringham is the Democratic nominee for Maricopa County Recorder...and I believe that in a general election battle against Richer, he would...

There were a few upsets, but not many; most of the "upsets" were in the gap between candidates, not in the final results. Notes: T...

Richer is the current Maricopa County Recorder. I spent some time watching the R debate for Maricopa County Recorder, sponsored by the Citi...

Failed candidate David Alger fronted a legal challenge to the one Democratic candidate for state senate in LD8, Rep. Melody Hernandez. It w...

Note: this is based only on signatures submitted and could (and probably will) be changed by legal challenges. From Maricopa County's li...

Maybe the people of Arizona should advise her to not let the door hit her in the ass on the way out. From CNN - Kyrsten Sinema announces she...

This is about committees formed not placement on a ballot.  I'll do another of these posts when ballots come out. This is not meant to b...

On December 18, 2024, the Arizona Secretary of State was supposed to hold a lottery to determine the order of names on the ballots for the P...

Well, almost.. First, the update - Initially, I thought this was a misfile on the candidate's part as I thought he's running for a s...

No real surprises here, though there is some scary unbridled optimism presented. Franks forming a committee in no surprise, as he's alre...