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In the MAGA Crosshairs: Arizona, Pt 1

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Election Deniers won the Republican primaries in Arizona.

We can’t let them win in November.

Listen to this story or read the transcript to learn more about what’s at stake.

How the hard-right turn in the Arizona GOP is an anti-democracy experiment.

It’s really worth the time. If you want to get fired up, read or listen to the story.

This thermometer below is for the 3 critical executive offices in AZ:  Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General.  We’ll have more information about those three races – and the three horrible Republicans we need to beat – in a post tomorrow.

For now, know that if we win these races, that can provide an Arizona firewall for 2024.

On Wednesday, we will introduce an Arizona-based program that can really make a difference.

 

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  2. 2.

    Erin in Flagstaff

    Adrian Fontes deserves the Secretary of State position. He was in charge of the Maricopa elections in 2020. You know…the one that went through that joke of a recount because Trump didn’t win Maricopa county? The strange thing is, if Fontes had played tricks with the election you would think that he would have made sure to win his own election. Unfortunately, a Republican won Maricopa County Recorder.

    Fontes did an amazing job with the Maricopa election. He was transparent about processes, he was willing to explain everything, and he behaved admirably in dealing with the nonsense the Republicans threw at him. It hurt to see him lose. He’s now running for Secretary of State (Katie Hobbs left this to run for governor), and it would feel so good to see him win.

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    Almost Retired

    @Erin in Flagstaff:  Adrian Fontes is super impressive.  He’s been making the rounds of cable news sounding the alarm about the Republicans abuse of the office of Secretary of State to suppress the vote.  Arizona has universal mail in voting and rapidly changing demographics, so it is in play.  The Republicans have to suppress turnout to keep it red or purple.  The Dems are running strong candidates in Arizona, too.  I am optimistic!

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    WaterGirl

    @middlelee:

    The Florida thermometer has been moved into the sidebar.

    Targeted Political Fundraising Fall 2022

    Learn about the A la Carte Fundraising
    Targeted Fundraising Thermometers

    As we add the various fundraising opportunities, each thermometer will be added to the Targeted Fundraising Thermometers link.

    We can’t have a zillion thermometers in the sidebar, so as we feature each one it will be in the sidebar, then will move to the link in the sidebar so folks can still donate.

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    piratedan

    ty for bringing to light how important the secretary of State race is.  folks like Hobbs and Fontes held the line in their transparency of the process and the results that Biden did in fact win Arizona narrowly.

    the extra flavor that is in play here is how many independents were turned off by the cyber ninja farce that was imposed on us from the GOP run state lege (at taxpayer expense, ‘natch) that was above and beyond the actual recounts and all of which displayed that the Dems followed the laws and reported the votes and that the entire recount was a partisan circus paid for by the taxpayers….

     

    Hobbs won a narrow SOS race due to the last GOP office holder fucking up the process….

  20. 20.

    Joy in FL

    I donated to Crist’s thermometer earlier today.

    I’m happy to donate to Arizona now : )

    BTW, for Crist’s donation i could use Apple Pay. For Arizona’s thermometer, there was no Apple Pay or PayPal available, only Goggle Pay and credit/debit cards.

  21. 21.

    MazeDancer

    Important AZ races for sure. Especially with Mark Kelley polling ahead by 5 (knock wood)

    There are two other AZ congressional races were money could help, that are among the top 20 most competitive in the country.

    Jevin Hodge in the 1st. It is a Biden +1.5 district and Hodge is currently down by 1.

    And Tom O’Halloran in the 2nd. An incumbent Dem. He got redistricted into a Trump +8.4 space. Hate it when incumbents get screwed.

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    WaterGirl

    @piratedan: Yeah, secretaries of state are important because of the role they often play in elections.

    Attorneys General are key because of the role they play in enforcing laws and bringing lawsuits in their states.  They are particularly key now because Roe is gone and states will either be targeting women or trying to protect them.

    So we will have soon have thermometers for the collection of executive offices (gov, SOS, AG) in other key states.

    We’re rolling out the new targeted fundraising one thermometer at a time, but the collection of thermometers will be in the post in the sidebar so people can contribute to the issues that speak to them most strongly.

    Republicans are like rabid dogs (no offense to dogs (!) and hopefully our focused efforts will pay off.

  25. 25.

    J R in WV

    Election Deniers won the Republican primaries in Arizona.
    Suggest an addition / correction to this line in the original post. They didn’t win ALL the primaries, just the Republican primaries.

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    WaterGirl

    @MazeDancer: Okay, I added Jevin Hodge to this thermometer, so if folks just want to give to the AZ executive offices as we originally intended, they can click “customize amounts” and enter 0.

    On the person who is in Trump +8 land, that is sad and frustrating, but it seems prudent to stay focused with targeted donations.

    I wish we could help everyone.

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    EarthWindFire

    In for $100, $25 each for the big three and Hodge. We have to help these Dems in close Biden districts as much as we can. Thanks WG and MazeDancer!

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    piratedan

    @WaterGirl: O’Halloran is an incumbent and while that section is not fertile ground for progressives, O’Halloran is the quiet, gets things done kind of guy who stands a chance.

    unsure how his district got redrawn so unfavorably, since there’s supposed to be an independent redistricting commission that handles federal districts…

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    Mai Naem mobile

    I kicked in $25. I really like Adrian Fontes. He’s got a good bio.  The guy is going places. The only reason I bothered voting in the primary was Fontes. I kept on getting what I thought were push polls in my email from his opponent Reginald Bolding. I’ve been thinking about this a while and I wonder if they were push polls from the GOP/RW PAC because they figured Bolding would be easier to beat. Unfortunately I didn’t save the information on the poll. I was kind of disgusted that Bolding was using that kind of tactic.

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