Legislative District 29: Elections Happen

With 97 percent of the precinct votes and 4,600 early ballots counted, only 3,000 provisional ballots and roughly 10,000 late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots remain. It looks like the surprises are over for Legislative District 29.
The big surprises last night in LD29 included Patricia Puig and Eric Carbajal Bustamante practically tying for the fourth slot of this [...]

LD29 Speed-Dating: No Love at First Sight

Several of the candidates for House of Representatives in LD29 met at a bar on Thursday night to talk over their differences.
The meeting, organized by Tucson Drinking Liberally, was originally marketed on the website as an “LD29 Candidate ‘Speed Dating’ Forum” but since most of the candidates got cold feet, it was just another night [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Tom Prezelski on Crime

Democratic incumbent Tom Prezelski is one of seven candidates running for two seats in the Legislative District 29 House of Representatives Democratic primary that voters will decide on Sept. 2. We asked him some questions about crime policy.
Should we increase state funding for prison construction?
Only if we analyze the reasons why there’s a need for [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Tom Prezelski on Education

Democratic incumbent Tom Prezelski is one of seven candidates running for two seats in the Legislative District 29 House of Representatives Democratic primary that voters will decide on Sept. 2. We asked him some questions about education policy.
Should the AIMS test remain a requirement for high-school graduation?
No.
Do you favor any changes to the AIMS test [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Tom Prezelski on the State Budget

Democrat incumbent Tom Prezelski is one of seven candidates running for two seats in the Legislative District 29 House of Representatives Democratic primary that voters will decide on Sept. 2. We asked him some questions about the state budget.

Is state spending too high, to low or just right in these areas?
Education (K-12)

Too low.
English Language Learners [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Tom Prezelski on Taxes

Democratic incumbent Tom Prezelski is one of seven candidates running for two seats in the Legislative District 29 House of Representatives Democratic primary that voters will decide on Sept. 2. We asked him some questions about tax policy.
Do you support the permanent repeal of the state property tax?
I’m in favor of letting the repeal lapse. [...]

Six Pack: A Not Quite LiveBlog of the Legislative District 29 Debate

Voters in Southside Legislative District 29 will have choose between seven candidates for two House seats in the Sept. 2 Democratic primary. Incumbent Rep. Linda Lopez is seeking the Senate seat that Democrat Victor Soltero is giving up, while incumbent Tom Prezelski is seeking re-election.
Six of the seven candidates met last week in a Clean [...]

LD29: Endorsements!

Over in the Democratic seven-way super-slam in Legislative District 29, candidates are letting us know about their endorsements. Incumbent Rep. Tom Prezelski has the big hitters in a local election, Congressman Raul Grijalva and Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias.
Environmentalist Daniel Patterson announced this week that he had the endorsement of radio [...]