League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson, AAUW (American Association of University Women), Temple Emanu-El, and Sustainable Tucson present:

Forum for Candidates for Corporation Commission (3 seats)
October 4, 6:30 p.m.
Temple Emanu-El
225 N. Country Club Road (north of Broadway, west side), Tucson

Topics to be covered: power lines, utility regulation, energy conversion, railway safety, investment fraud, business regulation.

Nine candidates (3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 2 Greens, 1 Libertarian) seeking 3 seats. Kennedy, Newman and Stump are the incumbents, were elected four years ago.

Susan Bitter Smith (R), www.corpcomm2012.com
Robert “Bob” Burns (R), www.corpcomm2012.com
Marcia Busching (D), www.marciaforarizona.com
Christopher Gohl (L)
Sandra Kennedy (D), incumbent, www.kennedyacc2012.com
Thomas Meadows (G)
Paul Newman (D), incumbent, www.paulnewmanaz.com
Daniel Pout (G), http://www.facebook.com/DanielPoutForArizonaCorporationCommissioner
Bob Stump (R), incumbent, www.corpcomm2012.com

All candidates were invited to this participate, but not sure who will actually be there to speak.

Website for AZ Corporation Commission and the five current board members: www.azcc.gov.

Vote wisely on or before November 6. Early voting starts October 11.

Today is Women’s Equality Day. Read my previous blog post about the event today at 5 p.m. at the Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission (click here).

Arizona Womenh’s Political Caucus (AWPC) 2012 Primary Election Endorsements
Federal Races (endorsements done by National Women’s Political Caucus)

U.S. House CD 1 Ann Kirkpatrick (D)
U.S. House CD 9 Kyrsten Sinema (D)

Arizona Statewide Races
Corporation Commission Marcia Busching (D)
Corporation Commission Sandra Kennedy (D)*

Arizona Legislative District (LD) Races
LD 2 Senate Linda Lopez (D)* (unopposed)
House Andrea Dalessandro (D)
House Rosanna Gabaldon (D)

LD 3 Senate Olivia Cajero Bedford (D)*
House Sally Ann Gonzales (D)*

LD 4 House Charlene Fernandez (D)

LD 6 House Angela LeFevre (D)

LD 8 Senate Barbara McGuire (D)
House Emily Verdugo (D)

LD 9 House Mohur Sarah Sidhwa (D)
House Victoria Steele (D)

LD 10 House Stefanie Mach (D)

LD 11 Senate Jo Holt (D)

LD 14 Senate Patricia Fleming (D)

LD 17 House Karyn Lathan (D)

LD 18 Senate Janie Hydrick (D)

LD 20 House Tonya Norwood (D)
House Jackie Thrasher (D)

LD 21 House Carol Lokare (D)
House Sheri Van Horsen (D)

LD 24 Senate Katie Hobbs (D)
House Lela Alston (D)*

LD 30 House Debbie McCune-Davis (D)*

Pima County Races
Board of Supervisors Dist.1 Nancy Young Wright (D)
Board of Supervisors Dist.3 Sharon Bronson (D)*
County Attorney Barbara LaWall (D)*
Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez (D)*
School Superintendent Linda Arzoumanian (R)*
Treasurer Elaine Richardson (D)

* indicates incumbent. CD 1, 2 & 3 and LD 2,3,9,10,11 & 14 are in Southern AZ. The Arizona Women’s Political Caucus endorses women of all political parties. More info about this group, click here.

Their quest is “to increase the number of pro-choice women elected and appointed to office. Getting women involved in the political process while targeting, recruiting, training and supporting women candidates at the local, state and national level has been and remains the primary activity of the Caucus. In 1971 when the group first convened, 14 women served in the Arizona Legislature. In 2012 30 of the 90 members are women.”

I also just learned via the Pima County Tucson Women’s Commission and the League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson that women were granted suffrage in Arizona in Nov. 1912 — before the federal 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1920. So women in Arizona have been voting for 100 years. (Remember that Arizona became a state that same year on February 14, 1912.)

Vote wisely on August 28.