Brahm Resnik

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party's State Central Committee (400-600 members) will vote Wednesday night on a measure to reprimand Gov Jared Polis and ban him from speaking at party events after giving clemency to Tina Peters

7.3% turnout. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

NOTED Sanders-backed candidate leading Kelly/Gallego backed candidate (Hodge)

SEEN Former Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell w Brooke St. George at elections HQ. Four-term mayor, state senator & congressman backed St. George, who was on Mitchell's youth advisory commission during his final term as mayor.

UPSET ALERT Will Tempe voters oust 2 incumbents in runoff elections? ▶️'Shake things up' candidates St. George & Nichols (endorsed by @BernieSanders) leading Hodge & Adams for 2 seats on council. Next ballot drop is Wednesday, per county elex.

The Rio Grande is completely dry at San Antonio, New Mexico dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov/app/nwd/en/?re…

New @ArizonaDES numbers for April are out: Arizona’s SNAP enrollment dropped 52% since July, when new “Big Beautiful Bill” restrictions took effect. That includes about 474,000 people and 205,000 children.

Again — the story here has been that a mysterious PAC that seems to be a GOP front (its ads in NE02 mirrored CLF ads) has been boosting Galindo. Dems keep condemning her!

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has lost his primary. Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein wins in KY04, @NBCNews projects.

Senate Republicans defeat @SenRubenGallego amendment pushing back on fund to compensate Jan. 6 convicts & plotters pardoned by Trump. thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Six months before midterms, leader of @azdemparty campaign ctte to win control of AZLeg is out.

In his last season calling play-by-play for the Suns, Al McCoy was moved from courtside. Rob Schmacher captured McCoy's climb up the stairs. It's one of my favorites. Here's a link to what Rob picked as his best work as news comes of his passing. azcentral.com/picture-galler…

The average ACA Marketplace deductible experienced the steepest increase in history — growing by 37% or over $1,000, from $2,759 in 2025 to $3,786 in 2026 as enhanced premium tax credits expired. on.kff.org/4nz1Ln4

FACT CHECK: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) relied on false and misleading claims to justify his decision to release election denier Tina Peters from prison. (1) Polis repeatedly said the charges and case have "nothing to do" with the 2020 election. That's highly misleading. He's right that Peters wasn't charged with trying to subvert that election while it was happening. But trial testimony established that her crimes in 2021 were motivated by Trump's 2020 fraud claims, and that she conspired with Lindell-linked election deniers in hopes of proving that the 2020 results were invalid. (2) Polis repeatedly said Peters "certified Biden won." This is false, because Biden did not win her county. Trump won Mesa County (63% to 35%) and that is what Peters certified. She has never publicly acknowledged that Biden won in 2020. (Polis office clarified to me that Peters certified the "votes for Biden" in Mesa County.) (3) Polis claimed "nothing was compromised" with Mesa County's elections. This is wrong. It's true that Peters didn't compromise vote tallies. But Colorado's top election official concluded that Peters' antics "compromised" the election equipment. So the systems were decommissioned and Mesa spent $1m in taxpayer funds to replace everything. The DA who charged Peters told me she "100% compromised the equipment." cnn.com/2026/05/18/pol…

Rural AZ hit hard: Yuma Flagstaff Sierra Vista/Douglas

#AZ01 GOP candidate Jay Feely accuses primary rival of making racist remark about Haitian members of extended family. But Trump-endorsed candidate stops short of criticizing president's baseless comments about Haitians eating pets. 12news.com/article/news/p…

Arizona State University wins $8.4 million Pentagon contract to offer war master’s degree. azcentral.com/story/news/loc… via @azcentral

This @nytimes 'Great Read' is truly a great read to the very last word. nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/…

#SundaySquareOff 🔽@jayfeely says rival made racist comment re Haitian men he's resettled. What about Trump attacks on Haitians? #AZ01 ▶️Precarious times for #DACA ▶️Lake's 1-way tkt to Jamaica/Trump undermining GOP/Who should run ESA program? w @cjones @adkinsey 📺8am 12News