Arizona: Phil Gordon

It’s been less than 11 month since he was elected to his fifth-consecutive term in office, but Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is already soliciting more funds for another campaign.
In a letter Arpaio sent to supporters last week, the sheriff painstakingly lays out the vast left-wing conspiracy working against him - name dropping Rev. Al Sharpton, President Barack Obama, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and ACORN along with a few media outlets - and says he’s in need of financial support to fight these forces.
To reiterate the threat Sharpton poses (he’s visited Phoenix twice this year ...

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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.

Maricopa County officials aren't the only ones being asked to cough up documents for the Sheriff's Office.
Last week, MCSO submitted public-records requests to Phoenix officials, looking for information on County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband Earl; Supervisor Don Stapley, and attorney Tom Irvine, who works as contract counsel for the Board of Supervisors.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon said the requests are “a waste of thousands of taxpayer dollars to go on fishing expeditions that hurt his opponents, including the City of Phoenix, and myself.”
City officials believe the requests are too broad and plan to ask MCSO to narrow them.
MCSO asked the city Aviation ...

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, to no one's great surprise, will be filing an "exploratory committee" for governor in June. How do I know? I was contacted and asked to add my name to a list of endorsers.

Expect an announcement when the exploratory committee is filed.

Recent rumor has it that former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano is considering entering the Democratic primary for governor.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is perpetually rumored to be interested in entering the Democratic primary for governor.

Former Arizona Democratic Party Chairman and 2006 U.S. Senate candidate Jim Pederson is still exploring his options.

Rep. David Bradley (LD 28) is exploring his options as well. If he decides to run, it has been reported that he would resign his House seat sometime this summer to concentrate on his campaign.