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Arizona: Maria Weeg

February 10, 2009 - 05:18 pm

NEWS FEED: Arizona Republic

Will the last person at AZ Dem headquarters turn out the light?

Executive Director Maria Weeg is the latest departure from the state Democratic Party.
Weeg has resigned her post, effective Feb. 28. She has led the state party's day-to-day operations for nearly two years, presiding at a time of great Democratic gains in terms of fundraising and voter registration. But Weeg took much of the blame following a November election in which those gains didn't translate into sweeping victories, especially in the Legislature where Democrats lost ground.
Fallout continues from that election. A few weeks ago, the Democratic faithful opted to oust Don Bivens from his position as state party chairman. But their chosen replacement, ...

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Tue, 10/14/2008 - 16:48

AZ Dems allege 'fraud' in state GOP financial filing

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Arizona Democratic Party has filed a multi-part complaint against the Arizona Republican Party over $105,000 in donations the state GOP received from a Mesa group called SCA.

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Wed, 08/27/2008 - 14:59

Clinton vote could happen early

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

DENVER -- Delegates to the Democratic National Convention have been warned that Hillary Clinton coud be put up for nomination as early as 4 p.m. Denver time.

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Wed, 08/20/2008 - 11:46

Poll: McCain up by 10 in AZ; still under 50 percent

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

A new Cronkite/Eight poll released Tuesday shows Sen. John McCain (R-Phoenix) holds a ten-point lead over Democratic opponent U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in Arizona. However, McCain still only currently garners 40 percent of the vote, while 30 percent goes to Obama and 28 percent remain undecided.

Those numbers are little changed from a Cronkite/Eight poll conducted in late June, which also showed McCain leading Obama by 10 points, only with 34 percent undecided.

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Thu, 07/10/2008 - 18:29

AZ GOP calls Obama 'almost as scary as Iran' on Social Security

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Arizona Republican Party is responding to an attack by the Arizona Democratic Party over comments U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Phoenix) made regarding Social Security, saying U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is not fit to handle the issue.

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Wed, 06/25/2008 - 20:35

Fight over qualifying signatures goes to court

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1570|title=Congressional candidate Mary Kim Titla|desc=Campaign photo|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=267]On Friday, the Maricopa County Superior Court will hear arguments on whether to include or expunge hundreds of signatures gathered by state Sen. Albert Hale (D-Window Rock), state Rep. Albert Tom (D-Chambers) and 2nd Legislative District House candidate Chris Deschene, on the basis that the signatories gave post office boxes for their addresses.

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Mon, 05/19/2008 - 13:19

Arizona Dems scare up donations off Bush-McCain fundraiser

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1274|title=U.S. Sen. John McCain and President Bush|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=284]In their first appearance together since the White House meeting in March, when President Bush put the official stamp on U.S. Sen. John McCain's nomination, Bush will be in Phoenix on May 27 to raise money for both the McCain campaign and the Republican Party as a whole. The Democrats have indicated they can't wait.

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Thu, 05/01/2008 - 17:08

Dems renew efforts to punish McCain for his '100 years' comment

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1123|title=U.S. Sen. John McCain|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=300]"John McCain is wrong on Iraq, and the wrong choice for our future," said Arizona Democratic Party Executive Director Maria Weeg today in a press release commemorating the fifth anniversary of the declared "end of combat operations in Iraq" by President George W. Bush.

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Thu, 04/10/2008 - 17:01

Preemptive strike

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

On the heels of a DCCC memo savaging CD1 Republicans for what they labelled a state of "disarray" among their ranks, the Arizona Democratic Party has followed suit, dredging up questions about former State Senate President Ken Bennett's activities in the State Senate regarding his family's oil business.

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Thu, 03/27/2008 - 15:53

UPDATED: Dem leaders think McCain is beatable in Western states

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Leaders of the Democratic parties of several Western states held a conference call today to discuss what they see as Sen. John McCain's vulnerability in the traditionally Republican Rocky Mountain region, including Arizona.

"The winds of political change are definitely blowing across the inner mountain West," said Todd Taylor, Executive Director of the Utah Democratic Party.

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