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Mike Pence & Doug Ducey: Two Crisis-Ridden Governors Together At Last

What do Gov. Doug Ducey and Mike Pence have in common? Both of them are defined by career-altering public relations crises during their time as governor. So it’s fitting that Doug Ducey is expected to introduce Mike Pence at an event in Arizona this afternoon. For Ducey, his failures to fix Arizona’s education system –…

FACT CHECK: RGA Ad In Arizona Would Get An “F”

Pro-Ducey Ad Omits Key Facts And Evidence Today, as Arizona teachers begin the first day of their statewide walkout for more education funding, the Democratic Governors Association (DGA) released a new video fact checking the Republican Governors Association’s (RGA) failed attempt at boosting Doug Ducey’s flailing campaign. The video, titled, “All Theater, No Plan” uses…

Special Election Results In AZ-08 Spell Trouble for Ducey

Democratic Enthusiasm Latest Piece of Bad News for Flailing Governor Today, the DGA released the following statement on the results of tonight’s closer-than-expected special election in Arizona’s eighth Congressional District and what it means for Doug Ducey’s flailing reelection chances: “No one should be more worried by tonight’s results than Doug Ducey,” said DGA Deputy…

SIREN: RGA Comes In To Bail Out Doug Ducey…In April

Arizona Is The First State RGA Goes On Air, Sign Ducey Is In Trouble After his botched response to the Arizona education crisis, Doug Ducey is in political trouble. Today, the Republican Governors Association made that clear, launching a nearly $350,000 television buy to bolster his campaign as it teeters on the brink of collapse.…

Under Fire, Ducey Insults Teachers

While Teachers Are Trying to Make Ends Meet, Doug Ducey Says They Are “Playing Games” It’s a lesson every first grader gets at some point during their school year. Never talk back to the teacher. However, Governor Doug Ducey seems to have missed the underlying point of this important life lesson: treat others with respect…

Teacher Strikes and Education Cuts: Brought to You By Republican Governors Everywhere

Teachers in KY, AZ, OK Demand More Support for Schools This week, educators in Oklahoma, Arizona, and Kentucky are attracting national attention with public demonstrations demanding more support for their schools. The states all suffer from chronically underfunded education systems that force their teachers to provide their own school supplies, take second jobs, switch to…

Governor Ducey And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

The Governor And His Allies Are Scared, And They Should Be The #RedforEd movement in Arizona is picking up steam and gaining national traction as teachers demand higher wages as they make the lowest salaries in the country. Now, Governor Ducey has to defend authorizing substantial pay raises for his staff while leaving teachers at…

Governor Ducey’s Education Debacle

Arizona Republic column: Ducey’s K-12 funding failure is ‘a serious threat to his re-election bid’ For the last week, educators across Arizona have been wearing #RedforEd in protest of funding cuts to education that have led to the lowest teacher pay in the nation. It took an organic movement for Governor Ducey to realize his policies…

Watch: Teachers Protest Gov. Ducey’s Education Failure

Arizona Has Lowest Teacher Pay in the Nation In case you missed it, 300 Arizona teachers protested Gov. Doug Ducey for his failure to adequately fund education in the state. Ducey’s cuts to education have resulted in the lowest teacher pay in the country, huge teacher shortages, and thousands more teachers who are untrained or…

Ducey Stays Silent Even After Arpaio Talks With Anti-Semitic Publication Five Times

What Will It Take For Governor Ducey To Do The Right Thing? National and Arizona Republicans are fretting about Joe Arpaio becoming the “next Roy Moore,” and with good reason. Yesterday, it was reported yesterday Sheriff Joe has given not one, not two, but five interviews to an anti-Semitic publication and “declined to criticize it…

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