Monica Alonzo
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6 years ago | Elections
At a Valley Interfaith Project's fall gathering in east Phoenix on Tuesday night, more than 300 voters had a chance to hear from David Garcia, who is running to become the state's new school chief. As usual, his opponent, Diane Douglas, was a no-s...
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6 years ago | Elections
Boasting political support from Arizona first -- and only -- Latino governor, David Garcia writes on Facebook that he is "humbled to receive the support of a man I have admired since I was a boy -- former Governor Raúl Castro. Castro, who w...
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6 years ago | Elections
Ruben Gallego, who's likely to be CD7's next U.S. Congressman, has received an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association, according to the latest grades released by the gun-lobbying group. Although Gallego, a former Marine, previously had a B...
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6 years ago | Elections
After ducking out on participating in more than a dozen political debates or public forums, Diane Douglas, the Republican candidate for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, was forced out of hiding. Because she's running as a Clean Electi...
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6 years ago | Elections
Neither Mary Rose Wilcox nor Pastor Warren Stewart reached their respective goals of winning a seat in Congress or on the Phoenix City Council, but they vow to continue serving as community activists. Both are aiming to stir their communities to m...
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6 years ago | Crime
On the heels of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's establishing a task force aimed at easing racial tensions between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve, the attorneys for a pair of former Florence Police Department detectives...