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Meet Arizona's 2024 U.S. House candidates for …

4/10/2024
The U.S. House Seat in Arizona's 6th Congressional Distirct is up for grabs in 2024.  There are currently two Libertarians  in the general, three Democrats in the primary and two …

Meet Arizona's 2024 candidates for Legislative …

4/9/2024
In the 2024 Arizona elections,  Legislative District 10 has three seats up for grabs (one in the state senate  and two in the state house). The incumbents for the two house seats in LD10 …

Meet the 2024 candidates for mayor of Mesa

4/4/2024
Mark Freeman Mark Freeman has represented Mesa District 1 since he was elected in 2016 and now seeks the office of the mayor. Freeman’s roots run deep in Mesa. His ancestor …

Backer: Has positive view of Trump

3/29/2024
This is in response to Bill Windsor’s opinion piece found in the March 27, 2024 issue of the Independent.

Nussbaum: Legislation strips away petitioning power

3/26/2024
I recently learned of a complaint filed to Secretary of State Adrian Fontes by Third Way, a national think tank that champions modern center-left ideas.

Clancy: Can an agreement be reached?

3/1/2024
I find somewhat amusing the recent exchange between Graves and Hendricks.

Mesa council to vote on guidelines preventing use of …

2/23/2024
The Mesa City Council is set to vote on guidelines that forbid elected city officials and advisory board members from using city resources to influence an election. The vote will take place …

Smyth: Is the White House the world's finest assisted …

2/21/2024
Are President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump running again because the White House is the finest assisted living facility on earth? That’s a joke that’s going around.

Patterson: Beware those who intentionally use words to …

2/15/2024
The word “liberal” was once considered a compliment. It meant fair, principled and thoughtful.

Shinkoskey: Several new laws needed?

2/7/2024
We need new laws to deal with presidential abuse of sacred judicial procedures.

Smyth: Politicians won’t fix America’s politics, …

2/5/2024
Richard Blackman nails it with his Jan. 19 commentary: “When it comes to fixing America’s broken politics, the hard part will be making it happen.”

Shafer: I will not seek reelection in 2024

1/29/2024
Serving as your councilmember these past two years has been an honor.