“Tucson Meet & Greet” the Governor of Arizona Jan Brewer and senior U.S. Senator John McCain tomorrow October 30 at his campaign headquarters at 9 a.m., 2945 E. Grant Rd. (NW corner of Country Club). Both are running for election on November 2nd.

Doors open at 8 a.m. Coffee & donuts will be served.

Also attending will be U.S. House candidates Jesse Kelly in CD 8 and Ruth McClung in CD 7.

Here’s your chance to meet these Republican candidates and ask those questions about issues affecting Arizona.

U.S. Senator John MCain

Governor Jan Brewer

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This is probably one of the few times you will have a chance to discuss issues with both Democratic Congressmembers Raul Grijalva (CD 7) and Gabrielle Giffords (CD 8), along with their Republican challengers Jesse Kelly and Ruth McClung.

The RSVP for this exciting breakfast event is due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday October 20 to www.mpaaz.org/events/breakfast. Cost is $25 for members of Metropolitan Pima Alliance (MPA), non-members/public cost $35 (including late and no RSVP). The Breakfast wll be catered by Creative Catering, at the Tucson Association of Realtors’ office, 2445 N. Tucson Blvd. (north of Grant Road).

Questions can be directed to Executive Director Michael Guymon, at 520-751-1030 or michael@mpaaz.org. I worked with Michael when he was Chief of Staff for former Ward 6 Councilmember Fred Ronstadt (R).

“Metropolitan Pima Alliance’s goal is to participate, educate and influence public policy and decision making for Metropolitan Pima County. MPA leads the charge in facilitating dialogue between members of the development community with those in the public-sector. Unique to the region, MPA is an alliance of business, government and non-profit organizations. MPA’s goals directly relate to improving our region’s quality of life and economic vitality and to that end, MPA strongly believes in the positive participation and contributions of the private business sector working in collaboration with local jurisdictions.

As part of this mission, MPA’s members include representatives from both sectors. The MPA Board is made up of prominent business leaders from a variety of development sectors from planning to banking. As such, our meetings and events are well-attended by an impressive group of people including elected officials, local governmental staff and individuals from a variety of private-sector industries. Our members are relied upon to contribute expertise in their respective fields to fulfill MPA’s core goal to create sensible community planning solutions. MPA offers a variety of events in which networking and sponsorship opportunities are offered.” (from their website, http://www.mpaaz.org/.

MPA office is at 110 S. Church, Suite 6320, Tucson, AZ 85701.

Two CD 7 debates are scheduled for the evening of October 13, and it will seem the candidates are in two places at about the same time, here in Tucson.

The first CD 7 debate between Democratic 4 term Congressman Raul Grijalva and his 3 challengers– Mortgage loan servicer George Keane (L), physicist/rocket scientist Ruth McClung (R), and former math teacher Harley Meyer (I) will be at 5:00 to 6 p.m. at Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus, 5901 S. Calle Santa Cruz, Pueblo Building cafeteria.

This event is co-hosted by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Arizona Public Media, ASUA, and Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus. FREE and OPEN to the public, so show up to ask your questions of the candidates.

Campaign websites:
Congressman Raul Grijalva (D), www.grijalvaforcongress.com
George Keane (L)
Ruth McClung (R), www.ruth4az.com
Harley Meyer (I), www.harleymeyer.com

Also on Wednesday, October 13, Arizona Illustrated at the UA will televise a forum with Congressman Grijalva, Keane, McClung, and Meyer. They will tape this interview earlier in the day. You can then watch it at 6:30pm on Channel 6 KUAT. Or online at www.ondemand.azpm.org/ usually a few hours prior and thereafter.

CD 7 registered voter totals (from Arizona Sec. of State’s office after the 8/24/10 primary):
Democrats 142,283, Libertarians 2740, Republicans 75,437, Greens 674, Others 103,750 for a total of 324,884. An updated count for the General Election is not available online as yet.
Congressional District 7 encompasses parts of five Arizona counties: La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and all of Yuma County.

Congressman Grijalva has served this new district since January, 2003 and it was created in time for the November, 2002 election, based on the increase in population in Arizona from the 2000 Census.