In an unprecedented move, Pima County Democrats voted to cut all ties with congressional candidate Yahya Yuksel in the wake of what many have called his "outrageous" reaction to the surfacing of a rape allegation from a decade ago. Read more»
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CD 2 candidate Yahya Yuksel held a press conference Sunday to call "false" allegations that he sexually assaulted an intoxicated girl when he was a teenager. He announced he was staying in the Democratic primary, and first ran from questions before returning — to again dodge answering. Read more» 2
Shasta McManus, the executive director of the Pima County Democratic Party, is leaving for a role with local political consulting firm SIMG. Stepping in on an interim basis will be Democratic activist Heath Butrum. Read more»