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Posted Jul 22, 2021, 9:41 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
An initiative that would increase the minimum wage in Tucson to $15 over the next four years will be on the November ballot, after city officials announced Thursday that there were enough valid signatures on petitions to support the measure.... Read more»
Posted Jul 2, 2021, 1:13 pm
Bennito L. Kelty
/TucsonSentinel.com
Backers of the "Tucson Fight for $15" initiative delivered about 29,000 signatures to the Tucson City Clerk's Office on Friday, taking a step toward putting a hike in the local minimum wage on the ballot in November's election.... Read more»
Updated Nov 5, 2019, 11:23 pm
Dylan Smith & Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com
All four of Tucson Democratic candidates were handily winning Tuesday, taking three City Council seats and elevating Regina Romero to become the city's first woman and first Latina mayor. Prop. 205, the "sanctuary city" initiative, was losing 71-29. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 1, 2019, 9:31 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Al Pesqueira, a GOP write-in candidate, has ended his long-shot campaign for Tucson mayor, citing a lack of backing and endorsing independent candidate Ed Ackerley.... Read more»
Updated Sep 20, 2019, 4:02 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Filing as a write-in candidate and throwing up the longest of long shots is Al Pesqueira, a charter school staffer who has joined the race for Tucson mayor.... Read more»
Posted Sep 17, 2019, 1:40 pm
Regina Romero
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson mayoral candidate Regina Romero: "The unfortunate reality is that we do not have much of a choice but to act - and to act boldly - if we want to have a livable city for future generations of Tucsonans."... Read more»
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Posted Sep 17, 2019, 1:40 pm
Mike Cease
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson mayoral candidate Mike Cease: "Climate change is the most catastrophic environmental, social and economic crisis that the human species has ever faced."... Read more»
Posted Sep 16, 2019, 5:02 pm
Dylan Smith, A. Nonie Maus, John Behan, Juan D'Orlando & Klumpy the Goat/TucsonSentinel.com
Unmasking a 30-year cover-up (what is F. Ann Rodriguez's first name, anyway?) and who jumps in to take her place? Plus: Revealed: Mayor Rothschild drops the real 5 T's of Tucson, and a great many more rumors and real truths.... Read more»
Posted Sep 9, 2019, 7:22 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
I can't help it. I keep coming back to the local GOP's failure in city elections — and Barry Goldwater's musings in my direction about liberalism seem relevant to the Republican cause. What on earth is a conservative in Tucson these days? ... Read more»
Updated Aug 29, 2019, 5:05 pm
Dylan Smith & Paul Ingram/TucsonSentinel.com
Updated results: Regina Romero won Tucson's Democratic primary for mayor by more than 6,000 votes, leading Steve Farley and Randi Dorman. Lane Santa Cruz won the Democrats' four-way Ward 1 Council race, and Green Party candidates earned their way onto the ballot.... Read more»
Posted Aug 26, 2019, 8:17 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
It's too late to mail back ballots in Tucson's primary election, but you can drop them off in person at one of several voting locations.... Read more»
Posted Aug 21, 2019, 4:21 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Without a Republican in the election mix, the battle to be Tucson's next mayor isn’t about big ideas and contrasting governing philosophies. It’s a theatre of the absurd about petty wrist-slaps and indignation over minor flesh wounds voters shouldn't be so indignant about.
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Posted Aug 21, 2019, 12:34 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
To be received by next Tuesday in order to be counted, ballots in Tucson's primary election should be mailed Wednesday, or dropped-off in person at one of several voting locations.... Read more»
Posted Aug 7, 2019, 2:47 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Hundreds of voters were sent the wrong party's ballots for Tucson's primary election, and nearly 2,000 more ballots were mailed to outdated addresses.... Read more»
Posted Jun 26, 2019, 12:14 am
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
The race to replace Mayor Jonathan Rothschild leads to discussions about race and gender when voter outreach and turnout — and the necessary cash and hard work — will be what's truly pivotal.
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Updated May 29, 2019, 7:55 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Democrats are jockeying for primary support in Tucson's city elections, but no Republican mayoral candidate managed to gather nominating signatures to make the ballot, with Wednesday's filing deadline having passed.... Read more»