As to July 1, 2011 here’s who running for Tucson Mayor & Council, with their campaign websites for voters to do more research on the candidates before the August 30 primary, and November 8, 2011 general elections.

Here’s a handy guide to their campaign websites all on one blog. Click on the blue hyperlinks to go to the specific candidate’s website:

–Mayor of Tucson (Democrat & Green Party primaries, no Republican running to date*)

Democrat: Jonathan Rothschild, www.jonathanformayor.com

Democrat (write-in): David M. Karr, http://karrfortucsonmayor.webs.com/

Democrat (write-in): Joseph Maher, Jr., http://josephmaherformayor.com/

Democrat (write-in): Rich Kessler (withdrew 8/5/11)

Green: Dave Croteau, http://futurefocustucson.blogspot.com/

Green: Mary DeCamp, www.decampformayor.org

* Update 7/12/11 – Republican (write-in): Rick Grinnell, www.grinnell4mayor.com

* Update 7/22/11 – Republican (write-in): Daryl Peterson

–Council Ward 1 (primary)

Democrat: Joe Flores, www.joefloresforcouncil.com

Democrat: Regina Romero (incumbent), www.votereginaromero.com

Update 7/22/11: Green (write-in): Beryl Baker

–Council Ward 2 (general)

Democrat: Paul Cunningham (incumbent), www.votepaulcunningham.com

Republican: Jennifer Rawson, www.rawsonforcouncil.com

–Council Ward 4 (general)

Democrat: Shirley Scott (incumbent), www.shirley2011.com

Republican: Tyler Vogt, www.vogt4tucson.com

Council seats in Wards 3, 5, and 6 are up in 2013.

Stay tuned for any more write-in candidates in all races, as the deadline to file is July 21, 2011, 5 p.m. And Independents need to contact the Tucson City Clerk at 520-791-4213 by July 16 if they want to vote in any specific primary election.

At last night’s Green Party of Pima County’s Mayoral Candidate Mixer, Green Dave Croteau, Green Mary DeCamp and Democratic write-in candidate David Karr participated, facilitated by former Mayoral candidate Jon McLane. All 3 candidates answered hosted questions by Green Party members:

“Why did you decide to run for Mayor, what issues are most pressing, how would you address the economic crisis (re: jobs, education, poverty), the 4 pillars of the Green Party: ecological wisdom, social justice, nonviolence & grassroots democracy”. Audience questions covered their positions on the proposed Rosemont mine, TUSD ethnic studies, the military institutions of Raytheon & DMAFB.

Results of the instant run-off vote were: Dave Croteau (47 points), Mary DeCamp (42 points), David Karr (29 points).

Co-Chair Beryl Baker, former Ward 1 Council candidate was present, along with 12 others for this monthly meeting of the Green Party of Pima County at the Trinity Presbyterian Church at 400 E. University Blvd.

Joseph Maher, Jr.

Architect Joseph Maher, Jr., a political newcomer, has filed with the Tucson City Clerk’s office to run as a Democratic write-in candidate for Mayor of Tucson. His bio description from his campaign website:

Arizona Native, a local architect, a graduate of the University of Arizona, College of Architecture, Landscape and Planning (CALA), a past President of the Southern Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (SAC AIA), with dedicated Community Service for decades on several City of Tucson Citizen Committees including the Planning Commission.

Here’s a list of his community activities,as well as Professional Memberships:

* President, 2009: Southern Arizona Chapter/
American Institute of Architects (SAC/AIA)
* American Institute of Architects-
Southern Arizona Chapter (AIA-SAC)
* “Architecture Week” 2004 thru 2009, Chairperson,
Architecture Home Tour, Co/Chairperson, 2002 thru 2009
Beneficiary of Home Tour proceeds: “Habitat for Humanity”
* City of Tucson Planning Commission Board Member,
2008 to Present
* City of Tucson Grant Road Task Force Board Member,
Current, 2009
* City of Tucson Transit Advisory Committee (CTAC),
committee member (prior)
* City of Tucson “Downtown Links” Citizens Advisory Committee Member (prior)
* City of Tucson Water Dept/Pima County Waste Water Advisory Committee Member
* Tucson Clean & Beautiful/Trees for Tucson, Member
* Downtown Core Overlay Sub-District LUC Sub-Committee, Member
* Rosemont West Neighborhood Association,
Association Member/ Street Representative
* Imagine Greater Tucson Visionary Project, Volunteer
* Copper Letters (two) of appreciation received from the Mayor’s Office

Campaign website for Maher for Mayor: http://josephmaherformayor.com/. You can contact Joseph at his work phone (520) 318-4757 or email: jmaherjraia@aol.com. He says on his website:

“It’s Not Enough!” We must be BOLD; we must have a fully engaged and promoted “Design Vision”, a continuously supported “series of economic Visions” for Tucson and our Region.

My husband and I have attended some of those “Architecture Week” events in the past, and I didn’t know who was in charge of them. Many of the events highlighted special architectural projects or buildings (and the architects who built them) in Southern AZ.

Another Democrat is running as a write-in Mayoral candidate as well, retired correctional sergeant David M. Karr (click here).

Republican lobbyist Rick Grinnell is considering a bid since no Republican qualified with enough valid signatures on nomination petitions. Democrat attorney Jonathan Rothschild did qualify with enough valid signatures to be on the primary election ballot for Mayor. (His campaign submitted 3283 signatures, the maximum number). And there are 2 Green candidates running for Mayor in their primary on August 30, Dave Croteau and Mary DeCamp.

Deadline for write-in candidates to file is July 21.

Rick Grinnell

Blogger James Kelley (“The Cholla Jumps”, formerly with Tucsoncitizen.com) reports that Republican Rick Grinnell is seriously considering a run for Mayor of Tucson, as a write-in candidate. Filing deadline for write-in candidates for the primary race is July 21 with the Tucson City Clerk. Grinnell has been in the news recently serving on the Rio Nuevo Multi Purpose Facilities District board.

Read Kelley’s blog here: http://thechollajumps.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/rick-grinnell-to-run-for-tucson-mayor-as-a-write-in/

I reported on Grinnell last April, 2010 when he applied to be appointed to the Ward 2 Council seat (which subsequently went to Democrat Paul Cunningham, who’s now running for election). Click here for that blog. And here’s my brief description of Grinnell:

Richard K. (Rick) Grinnell, Founder/Registered lobbyist for Smart United Business Strategies, Inc. and President/Registered lobbyist for Rick Grinnell Business & Marketing Consulting, B.S. in Business Management from U. of Phoenix, U.S. Navy veteran, candidate for Ward 2 Council seat in 1995 and 1999, Republican

Grinnell ran against Councilmember Janet Marcus and Libertarian Tim Loomis in 1995, and against former Marcus aide Carol West in 1999. He got 34.06% of the vote compared to incumbent Marcus (47.76%) and Loomis (9.34%). Four years later Grinnell fared better (44.25%) against West, who prevailed with 50.01% of the vote.

He needs 1060 minimum write-in votes in the Republican primary to get on the General election ballot. (Last year Republican Greg Krino got 1519 write-in votes to qualify for the LD 28 State Senate race against incumbent Senator Paula Aboud. Krino only needed 214 write-in votes, after he decided not to run for LD 28 House.)

For more information on SUBS (Smart United Business Strategies, A Business Advocate for Informed Political Involvement) click here. Grinnell can be reached there at 520-624-0231 or Rick@SubsTucson.com.

Both Republicans Ron Asta and Shaun McClusky were found ineligible to run for Mayor recently in Superior Court challenges, due to not having enough valid signatures on their nomination petitions.

David M. Karr

Another write-in candidate political newcomer David M. Karr is listed on the Tucson City Clerk’s website as a Democrat (as of June 22, 2011). He was born here in Tucson, graduated from Sahuaro High School, is a retired Correctional Sergeant and wants to be a stand up comic. His campaign website is http://karrfortucsonmayor.webs.com, and he can be reached via email at karrfortucsonmayor@gmail.com.

Karr faces political newcomer attorney Jonathan Rothschild in the Democratic primary on August 30. The winner of the Green Party primary (either Dave Croteau or Mary DeCamp) will advance to the General Election for Mayor. Croteau has run for Mayor before in 1999 (write-in) and in 2007 as the sole challenger against Mayor Bob Walkup.

So stay tuned to see if Grinnell does decide to run, or if anyone else besides Karr throws his/her hat into this Mayoral race as write-in candidates. The deadline for filing petition nominations was June 1st, so only write-in candidates are now allowed.

7/1/11 UPDATE: Another Democratic write-in candidate has filed: political newcomer architect Joseph Maher, Jr. (click here).