Chair Carolyn Cox, courtesy of Pima GOP

Carolyn Cox was elected Chair the Pima County Republican Party on September 8, 2011 after former Chair Brian Miller (former candidate for CD 8 House seat) was removed over the summer. She will be speaking at the Eastside Republicans monthly meeting on Wed. Nov. 16, 6:30 p.m. at Kirk Bear Canyon Branch Library – Community Room, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road.

Here’s part of Carolyn’s statement when she ran for Chair:

I have been involved with the Pima County Republican Party since my husband, Garland, & I started coming to Arizona in 1999. We moved to Arizona permanently in 2004.

Because Garland & I have been among the major supporters of the Republican Party I believe I will have the creditability necessary to raise funds for the Party to keep the headquarters’ door open. The Party needs to assist candidates and facilitate the election of candidates in every way possible. It takes money to staff & maintain an office to do that.

The get-out- the- vote (GoTV) campaign is important. The Party needs to communicate with voters using all the proven and all the new technologies possible.

I was the Republican candidate for Congress in Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in the year 2000 campaign. I do understand the challenges a candidate faces.

I was a National Director of Economic Security 2000 from 1997 thru 2003. Its goal was to advocate for younger workers to invest a portion of their Social Security Taxes in an account they would own and receive a market-rate of return on that money.

I was the Chief Financial Officer of an engineering corporation in Colorado. I fully understand pensions and their difference from self-funding IRAs and 401(k)s.

Carolyn graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, and completed one year of graduate study at the University of Colorado. She has “served on the Tucson Committee for Heritage, the premier conservative Think Tank.” And she’s also been president of the Tucson Conservative Forum since April of 2005.

For more info about Eastside Republicans, contact: Lori Oien (former candidate for Ward 2 Council seat in 2007) at oienjmo@msn.com, 520-749-3472, or Parralee Schneider (former candidate for LD 30 House in 2010), 520-749-0312, pmstucson@aol.com

Info from Pima County Republican Party:

Grand Opening of the Rick Grinnell for Mayor Campaign Office

Where: 2310 E. Broadway
When: Friday, September 23, 2011, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Bring your “write-in” Rick Grinnell primary signs in to get new cleaned up ones that read “vote-in” Rick Grinnell

Grinnell’s website: http://www.grinnell4mayor.com/. Campaign headquarters phone # 520-370-0529. The campaign flyer says to join them for food & fun & to hear how “Rick plans to move Tucson forward.” 2310 E. Broadway is between Tucson Blvd.and Campbell.

My previous blog on Grinnell when he was interviewed on KUAT: http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2011/09/09/99-who-is-republican-rick-grinnell-and-why-is-he-running-for-mayor/

Grinnell is facing Democrat Jonathan Rothschild and Green Mary DeCamp in the General Election on November 8.

Campaign
Announcement Event!

New opportunities for Pima County

Please join us

Thursday, September 22, 2011
at 6:00 p.m. as we launch a new chapter
for the future of Pima County

Oro Valley Country Club
300 W. Greenock Dr.
Oro Valley, Arizona 85737

Pima County Board of Supervisors, District 1

For more information,
contact Stuart at stuart@mcdanielforsupervisor.com or (520) 349-5600

www.McDanielforSupervisor.com

I haven’t received any bio or photo from Stuart McDaniel’s campaign, so stay tuned for further updates, or attend this event on September 22 to meet the candidate himself.

I wrote previously (click here) about flooring businessman Matt Caldwell announcing his bid for this open seat (to be vacated by retiring Republican Pima County Supervisor Ann Day), but Caldwell has withdrawn his candidacy.

Another Republican Ally Miller is already listed on the Pima County Republican Party website as running for this seat. Her website: http://allyforsupervisor.com/

Republicans LD 26 House Rep. Vic Williams and former candidate/KVOI talk show host Joe Higgins have been thinking of entering this race as well (as far as I know, though I hear the latter may be helping the Ally Miller campaign). And former LD 26 House Rep.Democrat Nancy Young Wright has also been considering a bid.