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Campaign Memo: State of the Race
MEMORANDUMTO: Interested partiesDATE: May 9, 2012FROM: Alexis Tameron, Campaign ManagerRE: State of the U.S. Senate RaceIn Arizona’s hundred-year history, only 10 individuals have been elected to represent the state in the U.S. Senate: five Republicans and five Democrats. Both public and our internal polling show our campaign is well …
Richard Carmona, former Bush surgeon general, best hope of turning Arizona blue, Democrats say
Washington Post - TUCSON — Richard Carmona, the Democratic candidate for senator from Arizona, had a rough childhood in New York City. His Puerto Rican parents had drug and alcohol problems, and he was homeless for a time. He dropped out of high school and went to Vietnam, where he won two Purple Hearts and two Bronze Stars. W…
Washington Post: Ten questions for Richard Carmona
1. Why did you decide to get into the race? “I never thought about this. In fact, I’ve had opportunities before to run for office – the Republicans recruited me when I was surgeon general, to run for Congress, to run against Gov. Napolitano. But I didn’t feel it was my calling. ... I felt, ‘Well, I’m fla…
Politico: Arizona Senate race close
Democrats aren’t ahead in the Arizona Senate race – but they’re pretty close, according to a poll taken for former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona’s campaign. The survey, taken by the Democratic polling firm Anzalone Liszt, shows Carmona trailing GOP Rep. Jeff Flake by 4 percentage points, 39 percent to 43 pe…
