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LD 28 candidates (Senate & House) debate on September 14

by on Sep. 13, 2010, under Life, Politics

The Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission (CCEC) is sponsoring a debate of all candidates facing off in LD 28 (central Tucson), on September 14, at the Pima Community College (PCC) Community room at 4905 E. Broadway, at 6 p.m. Here’s who may appear to debate (mandatory only for “clean” election candidates).

LD 28 State Senate:

–Paula Aboud, incumbent Democratic State Senator (serving since 2006), a property manager and former teacher, www.paulaaboud.com

–Dave Ewoldt, Independent (formerly Green Party activist), co-founder and Executive Director of Tucson non-profit Natural Systems Solutions, www.daveforarizona.org

–Dr.Ted Downing, UA Research Professor in social development, running nonpartisan and independent, former 2 term Democratic house legislator in LD 28 from 2003 to 2007), www.votedowning.com

–Greg Krino, Republican attorney and Air Force Major in the Air National Guard, www.gregkrino2010.com

(Aboud & Ewoldt running “clean”, Downing & Krino running traditional.)

LD 28 State House:

–Steve Farley, Democratic graphic artist, incumbent State House Representative (since 2007), www.friendsofarley.org

–Ken Smalley, Republican property manager, former Libertarian candidate for Pima County Treasurer and Ward 6Tucson City Council, www.kensmalleyforrep.com

–Bruce Wheeler, Democratic former 1 term state house legislator & former Tucson Councilman (1987 to 1995), freelance photographer, www.wheeler2010.com

(Smalley & Wheeler running “clean”, Farley running traditional).

Attend this forum to find out more about the 4 candidates running for State Senate and 3 candidates for State House, in LD 28. KUAT Channel 6 debates for these Senate candidates coming up on 9/21 (click here), House candidates on 9/28 so mark your calendars now.

Break down of registered voters in LD 28 from Pima County Recorders’ Office, www.recorder.pima.gov

DISTRICT 28: 36,496 Democrats, 21,905 Republicans, 863 Libertarians, 419 Greens, 23,086 Others (Independents/No party affiliation), for a total of 82,769 voters.

UPDATE 9/16/10: CCEC video online now (click here).

Candidates running for State Senate in LD 28 (Aboud, Downing, Ewoldt, & Krino)

Senator Paula Aboud

Ted Downing

Dave Ewoldt

Greg Krino

Candidates running for State House in LD 28 (Farley, Smalley & Wheeler)

Rep. Steve Farley

Ken Smalley

Bruce Wheeler

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  • Carolyn Classen

    Got this comment from “Jerry A” but it went into another odd blog (only photos of some of the candidates, without any comment access).  So here’s what Jerry said:
    “I’ve started listening carefully to what Downing has to say.
     Is he on to something?  I think so.  
    But to overcome voter apathy and the party structure is a real challenge.  
    Should be a very interesting debate.”

  • Carolyn Classen

    Reminder: this LD 28 debate tonight.  In reply to Jerry A, about Ted’s proposal–it does streamline the state legislature and save on double the amt. of legislators.  Only Nebraska has a unicameral legislature.

  • Carolyn Classen

    Contentious debate tonight before about 65 people, with similar questions to last week’s LD 27 debate — how to prevent further cuts to K-12 public education, how propose to balance the state budget,  how to secure the border & enact comprehensive immigration reform, their opinion on SB 1970,  how to handle the budget cuts to seriously mentally ill, and how to bring high tech jobs to Arizona.  The 3 Democrats (Aboud, Farley & Wheeler) were united against the 2 Republicans and 2 Independents.  Also in attendance tonight were former House Rep. Marion Pickens, and former candidates Gayle Hartmann (Ward 6 Council), and Mary DeCamp (Ward 3 Council).  Watch this video when it is posted hopefully within 72 hours.

  • Carolyn Classen

    Tucson Weekly (page 13, 9/16 issue)  has an article called “Party Crasher” about how the Republican candidate Krino may win this LD 28 race, when the Democratic vote splits between Senator Aboud and Downing (now Independent, formerly Democratic house legislator), and Independent Ewoldt (former Green Party activist).

    http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/party-crasher/Content?oid=2205863

  • Carolyn Classen
    • tiponeill

      When I follow the link, I don’t see any video :(
       

      • Carolyn Classen

        Odd, when I click on it the video appears.  Try again:
        http://www.azcleanelections.gov/home/video/generaldebatevids2010/LD28.aspx
         

        • tiponeill

          Very odd – I tried Chrome, Firefox, and even IE – I get a page saying “General Election Debate videos … Candidates .. yadda yadda, but there is no video, its blank ?
           
          Oh well, not important

          • Carolyn Classen

            Try the home page of Clean Elections:
            http://www.azcleanelections.gov/home.aspx
            then click on the arrow for Video (“Watch a Candidate debate”),  then
            “Click here to view General Elections debates”, and scroll down to LD 28,
            then click on “Watch now!” over on the right.
            Maybe you have to install something else to give you video capability
            It’s worth it to see these 7 candidates discuss the issues. Good luck.

          • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Sonorans/144198198931412 Three Sonorans

            Video link works for me… now to watch it a week later (I’m so behind on so many things)

  • tiponeill

    Maybe you have to install something else to give you video capability
    I’m using a brand new Win7 – it probably requires flash or some such POS to be installed :)


    I’ll  try on another machine

    • cochisecitizen

      I’m using Windows 7 & Firefox. Yes, you need to have flash installed. I don’t like Flash, because a lot of ads on web sites use it to flash animated garbage all over the screen. But, you need flash for many videos, so I use the No Script add-in for Firefox. It blocks all flash scripts and all I get is a box with a “F” in it which I have to click and specifically click “allow” for it to play, then I get the video.

      • Carolyn Classen

        Thanks cochisecitizen, hope this helps tiponeill.  Not many of these legislative debates are live, so it helps to see them online here.

  • Carolyn Classen

    David– you are still current, as you can watch the LD 28 Senate debate on KUAT Channel 6 tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.  I’ll post the link when it’s online as well.

  • Carolyn Classen

    KUAT debate between 4 candidates for LD 28 state senate is online now:
    http://ondemand.azpm.org/videoshorts/watch/2010/9/21/1315-4-way-battle-for-senate-in-district-28/

  • Carolyn Classen
  • Carolyn Classen

    UA College Republicans hosted a town hall tonight for LD 28 Senate candidates only in the Student Union Rincon room.  Senator Aboud was “invited but apologized for not being able to attend” per the Moderator.  The other 3 candidates (Downing, Ewoldt, & Krino) answered the usual questions about why they were the best candidate, how to fix the state budget, how to improve educaton, illegal immigration, etc.  About 30 people were in the audience. Also attending tonight were former City Council candidates Mary DeCamp (Ward 3), Tres English (Ward 6), and former Mayoral candidate Dave Croteau.  Downing was comfortable in the Student Union as he is a Professor at the UA and Krino just graduated from the UA law school.

  • Carolyn Classen

    AZ Daily Star has endorsed Senator Aboud, Rep. Farley & Wheeler:
    http://azstarnet.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_6f210c1c-b162-5f30-a047-a8c5568191df.html

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