Arizona: Jim Pederson

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I have been a bit remiss lately in updating the early filers with the Arizona Secretary of State for 2010. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx.

Since the last update, former Arizona Democratic Party chairman Jim Pederson and Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon have announced that they will not be a candidate in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. Former Tempe mayor and gay rights activist Neil Giuliano is exploring running for Governor as a Democrat (he was a Republican). Republican State Treasurer Dean Martin is making noises about running for Governor, and there are persistent rumors that Republican National Committeeman John Munger is biding his time waiting to announce that he is running for Governor.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Jim Pederson, former Arizona Democratic Party chairman and a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2006, has been "exploring" running for governor.

Pederson tests the waters with this recent guest opinion in the East Valley Tribune Pursue better choices for state budget

By Jim Pederson, Commentary – 4.18.09

I cannot stand quietly by and only watch what is happening to Arizona. It is time to speak out.

Barely three years ago, we were talking about Arizona’s future, its spectacular growth potential and how we would best manage and leverage that growth. We were talking about transportation, better jobs and more jobs in important growth sectors: high-tech, bio-tech, innovation, science and sustainability.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Tucson Weekly has its "Scramble Watch" to engage in wild political speculation. Here we just call it SWAG - "silly wild ass guesses" (with a measure of fact and solid rumors). Today's focus is on the potential and rumored Democratic candidates.

For those of you who would like to play along at home, here is a link to the Arizona Secretary of State's Campaign Finance - Committee Search page. For a general search, go to "committee search - by type" and use the "select" cursor to select "candidate" and "2010." When the page comes up, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page to find the most recent entry, and work upwards.

Somebody keeps commenting under the name “Jim Pederson.” I’ve deleted these comments, but the person posting them has put up new ones.

These comments are obviously a joke, but given how many times I’ve written posts that I thought were obviously satire that were taken seriously (and how many people continue to take Republitard’s comments at face value), I have taken the posts down to eliminate any possibility of confusion. As silly as it sounds, these posts get left up and the next thing you know, somebody is quoting the real Jim Pederson as actually writing them. Sounds dumb, but given the sort of e-mails I’ve gotten, it is a possibility. Also, the fact that this person continues to post even after I deleted them tells me that his aim isn’t entirely humorous.

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