Oct. 10 — LD10 House, 6 p.m
Where: PCC District Office, Community Board Room (C-105), 4905 E. Broadway
House candidates: Todd Clodfelter (R), Stefanie Mach (D), Ted Vogt (R) and Bruce Wheeler (D)

The Arizona clean Elections Commission has been holding debates for the various Legislative District races throughout Arizona. If you missed any in person, go to their website to view them online (click here).

The Southern AZ debate schedule is here from my previous blog post.

Coming up next week on October 10 is one of the more hotly contested races with 2 Democrats (one incumbent, one newcomer) and 2 Republicans (one incumbent, one newcomer) facing off for 2 seats in LD 10 House. LD 28 Rep. Bruce Wheeler (D) and LD 30 Rep. Ted Vogt (R) are the incumbents. Only Clodfelter is a Clean Elections participant.

Campaign websites:
–Todd Clodfelter (R), President of 3D Inc. which owns and operates Ace Graphics and 3D Teez, a graphics design, consulting and printing business, www.TC4AZ.com
–Stefanie Mach (D), former Americorps volunteer, business consultant, www.stefaniemach.com
–Ted Vogt (R), House incumbent in LD 30, attorney at Smith & Smith, PLLC,, www.vogt4arizona.com
–Bruce Wheeler (D), House incumbent in LD 28, former Ward 1 Tucson City Councilman, photographer, www.brucewheeler2012.com

Todd Clodfelter

Stefanie Mach

LD 30 Rep. Ted Vogt

LD 28 Rep. Bruce Wheeler

In the LD 10 State Senate race there is no Clean Elections debate scheduled as both candidates are running traditionally. Former 4 term LD 28 House Rep. David Bradley (who ran & lost in Nov. 2010 for statewide Corporation Commission) is facing LD 30 Senator Frank Antenori, who has served in that seat for over 2 and a half years. Senator Antenori recently ran for CD 8 House and came in 3rd in a 4 way special Republican primary in April, 2012. He had also previously run for that same seat & lost back in the 5 way Republican primary of September 2006.

Campaign websites:
Frank Antenori (R), www.vote4frank.com
David Bradley (D), www.bradleyforarizona.com

To hear Antenori vs. Bradley debate on the Buckmaster radio Show, click here.

At yesterday’s Pima Council on Aging’s two-hour legislative forum for LD 10, Senator Antenori, former House Rep. David Bradley, House Rep. Ted Vogt, and Todd Clodfelter attended & fielded prepared questions on aging in place, grandparents raising grandchildren, keeping older Arizonans healthy. They also addressed audience questions about affordable & available health insurance, higher paying jobs & retraining Seniors, help from nonprofits/churches, charitable contributions, health care exchanges, the mental health population, poverty levels, & their own personal health insurance plans. Mach & Wheeler did not attend.

Voter registration totals in LD 10 (D/R/L/G/AEL/Others/Total) from Pima County Recorder’s Office website:
DISTRICT 10: 41,844/ 38,227/ 834/ 292/ 8/ 32,971/ 114,176

Voter wisely on or before Nov. 6.

UPDATE: Wednesday, October 24, 7:00 p.m.: Drinking Liberally hosts an LD 10 Senate debate between Sen. Frank Antenori and former Rep. David Bradley, at The Shanty, 401 E. 9th Street (at 4th Avenue).

AZ Daily Star political reporter Brady McCombs reported on the AZ Citizens Clean Elections Commission’s debates scheduled for September & October, leading up to the Nov. 6 General Election. Click here for his article:

Here’s the schedule for the debates, which all start at 6 p.m.:

• Sept. 20 — LD2 House
Where: PCC East Campus, Room L-101, 8181 E. Irvington Road
House candidates: John Ackerley (R), Andrea Dalessandro (D) and Rosanna Gabaldon (D).

• Sept. 24 — LD11 House and Senate
Where: PCC Northwest Campus, Room A-207, 7600 N. Shannon Road
House candidates: David Joseph (D), Adam Kwasman (R) and Steve Smith (R).
Senate candidates: Jo Holt (D) and Al Melvin (R).

• Oct. 3 — LD9 House and Senate *
Where: PCC Downtown Campus, Amethyst Room, 1255 N. Stone Ave.
House candidates: Cynthia Miley (R), Ethan Orr (R), Mohur Sarah Sidhwa (D) and Victoria Steele (D).
Senate candidates: Steve Farley (D) and Tyler Mott (R).

• Oct. 10 — LD10 House
Where: PCC District Office, Community Board Room (C-105), 4905 E. Broadway
House candidates: Todd Clodfelter (R), Stefanie Mach (D), Ted Vogt (R) and Bruce Wheeler (D).

*9/12/12 update: LD 9 debate moved to following day, October 4, same time, same place due to conflict with U.S. Presidential debate.

For more info about AZ CCEC go to www.azcleanelections.gov, to see list of participating candidates in the Clean Elections program.

The Debate schedule is here on their website for other legislative districts, including LD 14 Senate & House candidates on Sept. 26* in Benson, AZ. at the Benson City Council Chambers, 120 W. 6th St. In that race for Senate, incumbent Gail Griffin (R) of LD 25 is facing Pat Fleming (D). In the House race four men are vying for 2 seats: David Gowan (R) incumbent in LD 30, Robert Leach (D), David Stevens (R) incumbent in LD 25, and Mark Stonebraker (D).

*Update: This LD 14 debate moved to October 10, due to Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever’s memorial service.

In LD 10 House race, Bruce Wheeler and Ted Vogt are incumbents, currently serving as representatives in LD 28 and LD 30 respectively. In the LD 11 Senate race, Al Melvin is the incumbent State Senator in LD 26. Cynthia Miley is a Republican write-in candidate from the AZ Primary in LD 9 House, which is why her name has not appeared in previous posts.*

*10/5/12 update: No appearance by Republican Cynthia Miley at last night’s CCEC debate, someone announced that she was not on the ballot. Checked with AZ SOS website, and her name does not appear for LD 9 House.

Attend these debates to listen to these candidates, and vote wisely on or before Nov. 6. Early voting starts October 11.

Here’s the latest report from the AZ Secretary of State (federal & state races), and the Pima County Elections Division (county races). Not including the uncontested primary races at this time, which can be accessed by the blue hyperlinks.

–U.S Senate (open seat)
Richard Carmona (D) 287737

Wil Cardon (R) 109646
Jeff Flake (R) 355573
Bryan Hackbarth (R) 19070
Clair Van Steenwyk (R) 28949

–CD 1
Wenona Benally Baldenegro (D) 18599
Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 33039

Patrick Gatti (R) 2647
Gaither Martin (R) 8775
Jonathan Paton (R) 28062
Douglas Wade (R), withdrawn 6599

–CD 2
Ron Barber (D), incumbent CD 8, 50380
Matt Heinz (D) 11025

Mark Koskiniemi (R) 11538
Martha McSally (R) 51734

–CD 3
Amanda Aguirre (D) 9484
Manny Arreguin (D) 3105
Raul Grijalva (D), incumbent CD 7, 24643

Blanca Guerra (L) 116

Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (R) 12474
Jaime Vasquez (R) 6622

–State Senate LD 3 (1 seat)
Olivia Cajero Bedord (D), incumbent LD 27, 9718
Maria Garcia (D) 4822

–State House LD 9 (2 seats)
Dustin Cox (D) 9500
Mohur Sarah Sidhwa (D) 11490
Victoria Steele (D) 11661

Ethan Orr (R 14144

–State House LD 10 (2 seats)
Stefanie Mach (D) 11525
Brandon Patrick (D) 7614
Bruce Wheeler (D), incumbent LD 28, 12235

Todd Clodfelter (R) 12181
Ted Vogt (R), incumbent LD 30, 14982

–Pima County:

Pima County District 1 Supervisor (open seat)
Mike Hellon (R) 7819
Stuart McDaniel (R) 2216
Ally Miller (R) 9232
Vic Williams (R) 5259

Nancy Young Wright (D) 16856

Pima County District 4 Supervisor
Ray Carroll (R), incumbent, 13793
Sean Collins (R) 10339

Pima County Sheriff
Terry Frederick (R) 10369
Vinson Holck (R) 9858
Chester Manning (R) 9896
Mark Napier (R) 28894
Walt Setzer (R) 7317

Clarence Dupnik (D), incumbent, 71677

Dave Croteau (G) 388

Pima County Superintendent
Linda Arzoumanian (R), incumbent, 33722
Mace Bravin (R) 28214

Congratulations to the winners of today’s AZ primary. I will be updating as the election results come in tonight and tomorrow. So stay tuned for the close race results.