The crowd of Ruben Gallego supporters gathered at Club Downtown is jazzed after Gallego’s wife, Phoenix Councilwoman Kate Gallego, announced that Mary Rose Wilcox “graciously” phoned her husband and conceded the seat for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. When Gallego came on stage, his supporters chanted his name. And during his…
The Reverend Jarrett Maupin has spent all day getting out the vote and offering would-be voters a ride to the polls. With just hours to go before the polls close, he’s running the Maupin motorcade throughout Arizona’s 7th Congressional District — a seat he isn’t favored to win. The reverend…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton sprinted across the crosswalk at Percy L. Julian School, a county polling site near 24th Street and Broadway Road, to talk to residents who were showing up to vote. He introduced himself and told them he was there supporting Michael Johnson, a candidate for the Maricopa…
Mmmm… the aroma of Election Day is in the air. Candidates were wiping the political mud-stains from their faces, putting on their Sunday best, and making appearances at local polls in hopes that flashing last-minute smiles will tilt the scales in their favor. Mary Rose Wilcox, candidate for Arizona’s 7th…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton showed up this weekend at a central Phoenix union hall to help Ruben Gallego make a last-minute push in his race for U.S. Congress. Stanton hadn’t declared support for any candidate until this weekend — and he selected Gallego over the other Democratic candidates in the…
Ruben Gallego’s campaign is touting an endorsement from Jayme Valenzuela, mayor of Superior — and making sure to note that that’s Mary Rose Wilcox’s hometown. Gallego and Wilcox both are running for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District seat. Valenzuela says Gallego “has a record of honest and true public service we…
The three-way race for a District 5 seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is winding down, but the candidates are not. Campaign activity is bustling with volunteers making phone calls, knocking on doors and picking up early ballots. Steve Gallardo, a former state senator who left his post…
It’s not a good look for Ruben Gallego, a Democratic candidate for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District rubbing elbows with a former Republican governor — and a disgraced one at that. Former Governor Fife Symington hosted a fundraiser on Thursday night for Gallego at a swanky Italian bistro in Scottsdale. On…
Mary Rose Wilcox was shot in 1997 by a transient who didn’t like her politics. People say she was hit in a buttock, but she insists the wound was higher than that. Indeed, the gunman’s hollow-point bullet shattered her pelvis. It also shattered her desire to remain in public office…
The top contenders in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, Democrats Mary Rose Wilcox and Ruben Gallego, have launched political attacks on each other since the race got under way. And the war of words has only ramped up as we move close to the August 26 election. Now, Randy Camacho, a…
Mary Rose Wilcox owes between $50,000 and $100,000 in 2012 taxes to the IRS. It’s a debt she listed on her 2014 financial-disclosure statement and one that is getting paid in installments. And now, it’s getting used as political ammunition against her. Ruben Gallego, who’s running against Wilcox for a…
As early ballots begin arriving in mailboxes across Arizona, Mayor Greg Stanton is throwing his political support behind Michael Johnson, who is running for a seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Johnson, a former Phoenix city councilman, is running against fellow Democrats Steve Gallardo and Marie Lopez Rogers,…
Arizona’s political heavyweights have spent years in federal court challenging the legality of Tohono O’odham Nation’s proposed West Valley Resort, a casino near 91st and Northern avenues. Since the law hasn’t been on opponents’ side, they’ve desperately been trying to change it. Congressman Trent Franks, who is now joined by…
Campaign literature is filling mailboxes across the state as the August 26 primary election approaches. In Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District, political attacks documented in ominous black and white flyers are in full swing. Former Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox knocks competitor Ruben Gallego in her flyers for earning a…
UPDATE: Wilcox’s spokesman has responded to the poll. See updates below. A recent poll solicited by Congressional candidate Ruben Gallego reveals that he’s eight points ahead of his primary challenger, Mary Rose Wilcox. The survey released by Camp Gallego finds that Gallego has 32 percent of voters on his side,…
Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers was among several individuals who testified before a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Wednesday regarding plans by the Tohono O’odham Nation to build the West Valley Resort, a resort-style casino near 91st and Northern avenues. Although Weiers had pledged to convey the city’s newfound…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been whining about criticism he’s received for orchestrating a media circus and stirring protest in Oracle over a busload of a few dozen children from Central America that were supposedly going to be detained at a facility in that town. The children never materialized…
Congressman Luis Gutierrez is expected to attend an immigration rally in support of Mary Rose Wilcox’s campaign for a seat in Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District. And Gutiérrez’s staff turned to the U.S. Capitol Police for advice after being made aware of a letter written by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is a desperate man. And a bully, says Illinois Congressman Luis Gutiérrez. “I am proud to stand with Mary Rose Wilcox and the people of Arizona who can see through the Sheriff’s publicity stunts and are not intimidated by his bullying,” Gutiérrez says in response…
In a room brimming with union trades workers wearing bright-orange shirts, the Glendale City Council reversed its long-held opposition to the Tohono O’odham Nation establishing a reservation and opening an resort-style casino just outside of the city limits. Members of the TON sat in the front row, relishing yet another…
Congressional hopeful Ruben Gallego, a former state lawmaker, is boasting a campaign war chest of nearly $435,000 from almost 1,500 political supporters — more than $272,000 of that money has been collected April through June. Gallego’s camp, in a press statement, say he has more than $300,000 cash on hand…
Add the Professional Firefighters of Arizona to congressional candidate Ruben Gallego’s long list of union endorsements. Already, the former lawmaker boasts support from the Communication Workers Association Arizona State Council, Iron Workers Local 75, UFCW Local 99, Teamsters Local 104, International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Local 640, American Federation of…
