Random Musings

Congressman John Shadegg (R-CD3) has announced that he will not seek reelection this year. He made the same announcement two years ago, th...

Edit on 12/8 to update County numbers, below... Post-General Election campaign finance reports are in, and normally this would be the time t...

Well, East Valley, with some statewide and county races included... Most results still unofficial, but most are still clear. All results co...

As Election Day draws ever closer, the strong challenge that the Bob Lord for Congress campaign is mounting against incumbent John Shadegg ...

Of course, even on those rare occasions when AZ's federal legislators are on the same page, it's for very different reasons... As ha...

On one hand, we have Bob Lord , the rising Democratic challenger in CD3, who spent his day walking neighborhoods of the district and talking...

...Your humble but ever so wise wiseass blogger is finally moving into the 20th Century. I have acquired that ubiquitous but possibly canc...

...at least they aren't hiding it anymore. That's a good thing, right? After the House adjourned for its summer work period (reconve...

As if his retire/unretire two-step in February didn't make it clear to the voters of CD3 that he's no longer interested in working ...

Still have the whole "short attention span" thing going on... Today, though, it seems to be combined with a fascination with betti...

The problem, for Shadegg anyway, is that it's a one-sided fight. Let's start with the basics - while Shadegg's campaign site to...

It's time for another tribute to political flip-floppery. The competition for this week's edition of this dubious yet apparently hig...

Responding to some criticism that my posts have been boring recently (lacking in 'wiseass' content), so how 'bout this???? ...Fr...

Others have covered this area already, but have tended to focus on their own CDs; the basic raw numbers from all CDs with active committees ...

There's only two days until the deadline (July 15), but during an election year, most campaigns wait until the last possible minute to r...

Maybe he thinks that by not voting *against* a bill that would help American consumers facing skyrocketing gas prices, the consumers (and vo...

On Tuesday, the House passed H.R. 6331 , the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 by a vote of 355 - 59 . All 59 op...

...hostage to increased oil company profits... In one of the Republicans' most shameless displays of contempt for the average American i...

Edit on 6/13 to correct an error regarding financial reporting dates... John McCain, in an unusually honest moment, admitted that he believe...

...On one hand, we have freshman Democrat Harry Mitchell. He's defending his seat a district where he faces a crowded field of Republica...