Congressman Ron Barber (Democratic incumbent in CD 8) will be debating his Republican challenger ret. Col. Martha McSally on October 23, 6 p.m. at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center grand ballroom, 303 E. University Blvd. The Student Union is south of E. 2nd St. near Mountain Avenue. Barber was elected to his seat in June, 2012 when he defeated Republican Jesse Kelly in a special primary election. Now he is running for newly reapportioned CD 2.

Arizona Illustrated: The CD2 Forum
Airs Tuesday, October 23rd @ 6pm
Live simulcast on NPR 89.1 and azpm.org

This is a live, one-hour forum.

Panelists include:
AZPM’s Christopher Conover & Andrea Kelly (political reporters)
Tucson Weekly’s Jim Nintzel (investigative reporter)
ASUA President Katy Murray

Campaign websites:

Ron Barber (D), incumbent Congressman in CD 8, former Tucson District Director for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, www.ronbarberforcongress.com

Martha McSally (R), retired Colonel in U.S. Air Force, former Professor of National Security Studies at the George C. Marshall Center in Germany, www.mcsallyforcongress.com

There is also a Libertarian write-in candidate Anthony Prowell in this race.

Arrive early as this may be a crowded debate as there have been very few in this particular race in CD 2.

Martha McSally

Congressman Ron Barber

If you missed last night’s rowdy 90 minute debate at PCC West campus between Democratic CD 7 Congressman Raul Grijalva and his two women challengers, Republican Gabriela Saucedo Mercer and Libertarian Blanca Guerra, click here for the taped one hour edited video on AZPM, Channel 6. All three are running for the new Congressional District 3.

AZPM’s political reporter Christopher Conover was the moderator of this League of Women Voters and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce sponsored forum.

About 300 people were in attendance at the Proscenium Theater, including District 5 Supervisor Richard Elias, PCC board member Marty Cortez, Dr. Manny Arreguin (Democratic challenger in CD 3 primary), and Barney Brenner, former candidate for District 3 Supervisor. The audience disregarded Conover’s repeated requests to hold their applause & outbursts.

Prepared Sponsor questions asked were about the polarization in D.C., immigration reform, the economic future of Southern Az, and the proposed Rosemont mine. The audience questions were about how to create jobs in Yuma (highest unemployment in AZ), foreign policy & the War in Afghanistan, government regulations (good and bad), and border security (which is better drug policy or immigration policy to secure the border to Mexico?).

I announced this event earlier on October 1st:
http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2012/10/01/congressman-grijalva-vs-challengers-saucedo-mercer-guerra-at-cd-3-debate-on-october-9/, listing their campaign websites, for those of you who want to read more about the 3 candidates.

Vote wisely on or before November 6. Early voting starts tomorrow.

The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson, Pima Community College and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will present a debate for candidates for Congressional District 3. This district covers roughly the west side of Tucson, south to the border, and as far west as Yuma. The forum will be on Tuesday, October 9 at the Proscenium Theater on the campus of Pima Community College’s West Campus, 2202 West Anklam Road, Tucson 85709, from 6:30 to 8 PM. The moderator will be Christopher Conover of AZPM, and the debate will be taped by AZPM. All candidates have been invited. For further information, contact the League at 520-327-7652.

5 term (10 years) incumbent CD 7 Congressman Raul Grijalva (Democrat) is facing a challenge by two women candidates, Republican Gabriela Saucedo Mercer and Libertarian Blanca Guerra in the CD 3 House race.

Campaign websites:
–Raul Grijalva (D), Congressman in CD 7, www.standwithraul.com
–Blanca Guerra (L), former paralegal & rancher, www.guerraforcongress.com
–Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (R), activist, www.saucedomercer.com

This debate is going to be live stream videotaped by Arizona Public Media (AZPM) on October 9, and shown on Channel 6 on October 10, for those of you who can’t attend in person. Website: https://www.azpm.org/

Vote wisely on or before November 6.