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PCDP Endorses Proposition 413
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PCDP Endorses All Pima County Public School Bonds and Overrides on the November 2023 Ballot.
The Pima County Democratic Party supports public education in Pima County. Therefore the Pima County Democratic Party endorses all public school bonds and override elections on the November 2023 Ballot. The Pima County Democratic Party acknowledges and agrees to the...
PCDP Endorses Proposition 413
PCDP Statement on Proposition 413 - salary raise for Tucson Mayor and Council TUCSON – PCDP released the following statement on Sep 25, 2023. The Pima County Democratic Party endorses Proposition 413, that the City of Tucson shall provide an equitable and...
PCDP Endorses Proposition 413
The Pima County Democratic Party endorses Proposition 413, that the City of Tucson shall provide an equitable and livable wage for Tucson City Mayor & Council in order to attract and retain top talent from all members of the community who might wish to...
GOTV Tucson!
Help encourage Democrats to vote in the upcoming City election! Pima County Democratic Party (PCDP) is coordinating a Tucson voter outreach during the month of October. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a first-timer, we've got you covered. SIGN UP HERE Sign Up for...
In Memoriam | Paul Marion Barby
Energetic, reliable, and generous with his time and money to people, causes and institutions in which he believed. A gentleman rancher with roots deep in the Oklahoma Panhandle’s red dirt, Barby had been in failing health for several years. He died at 88 on June 22, 2023. Born Paul Marion Barby to Anna Celestine Pearson Barby and Lloyd Barby in Beaver, OK, on June 9, 1935, he spent his final years at Tucson’s Sunrise at River, a retirement community.
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May 16 Special Election for Tucson | Prop 412
Didn't mail in your ballot? You can still drop it off here! City of Tucson voters will vote in a May 16 special election on a new, 25-year franchise agreement with Tucson Electric Power. The question is presented as Proposition 412. Proposition 412 would renew the...
In Memoriam | Paul Durham
as per TucsonSentinel.com by Paul Ingram Paul Durham, a former member of the Tucson City Council and known for his integrity and environmental advocacy, died Wednesday at age 67. Durham grew up in eastern Washington and graduated from the University of Washington and...
MEET YOUR NEW PCDP CHAIR!
by Elinor Brecher For Eric Robbins, PCDP Chair for the next two years, teaching is a family tradition. He left the business world for a middle-school classroom, following his parents’ career paths. “Mom was the first Reading Specialist in Somersworth, N.H., in the...
In Memoriam | Cesar Ramirez
Cesar a dedicated husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, of Tucson, Arizona passed away on December 2, 2022, at the age of 79, at home surrounded by his family as the rosary was being prayed. Cesar was born in Ciudad Jimenez, Chihuahua, Mx on April 1,...
Director’s Cut | Dec. 2022
Hello Pima Dems! I am so excited and grateful to take on the role of Executive Director for the Pima County Democratic Party. I am proud of the work we have all done to elect Democrats up and down the ballot in Pima County during this last Midterm Election cycle. We...
New Leadership Team – Teacher Eric Robbins Elected as New Chair.
Eric Robbins is the Pima County Democratic Party’s new chair. Elected at PCDP’s Dec. 10, 2022, biannual reorganization, Robbins, 57, will serve a two year term. He will succeed Bonnie Heidler, who did not seek a second term. A New England native, Robbins...
New Executive Committee – 2022-2024
PCDP is happy to announce the election of a new Executive Committee. Congratulations to our new officers! We look forward to hitting the ground running to implement the new ideas brewing for invigorating Democratic voters. There were qualified candidates in all races...
Notes From The Chair | Nov 1 2022
By Bonnie Heidler We are now in the home stretch—the 2022 General Election is just a week away. All the LDs are busy contacting voters to get out and vote. Voter turnout in this midterm election is essential for Democrats to win up and down the ballot. But the...
PCDP Statement on Pima County reinstating of (territorial) abortion ban
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2022 TUCSON – PCDP CHAIR, BONNIE HEIDLER released the following statement on a Pima County superior court judge’s reinstatement of a pre-statehood (Territorial) abortion ban. A Pima County judge ruled on Friday afternoon to...
Last Call for Petition Signatures
This is it. We can’t underscore this enough: in two days we will either have enough signatures to stop the universal ESA vouchers which will decimate our public schools, or we won't and this destructive expansion will devastate our state. If you haven’t signed, please...
Tenth Annual Udall Dinner
Thanks to everyone who participated, this was a wonderful event! Arizona is a battleground state for the 2022 midterms, as well as ground zero for conspiracy theories and false claims of election fraud. Many of the key players involved in the January 6th Insurrection...
Director’s Cut | September, 2022
PCDP Director Miranda Lopez With 34 days left to register voters for the midterm election, let’s take a moment to reflect on everything that Democrats have achieved over the last few months, and the work that we still have to do. President Biden’s administration has...
In Memoriam: Dr. Helen S. Schaefer
Dr. Helen S. Schaefer, a champion of arts and cultural organizations and endeavors at the University of Arizona and across Southern Arizona, as well as a prolific supporter of the Pima County Democratic Party, and the namesake of the Poetry Center's Helen S. Schaefer...
In Memoriam: Deborah Martinez-Garibay
Born on September 2nd in 1978, Deborah Martinez-Garibay was killed in the line of duty on August 25th, 2022 while serving an eviction notice as a Pima County Constable. She was a wife, a mother, a daughter, a US veteran, a community organizer, and a public servant who...