As a non-profit organization with a pending IRS 501-c-3 application, Patagonia Area Resource Alliance (PARA) can not endorse specific candidates. PARA can ask questions of all candidates regarding their positions on issues relevant to PARA’s mission to monitor the activities of industrial developers, such as mining corporations, as well as government agencies, to make sure their actions have long-term, sustainable benefits to our public land, our watershed, and our communities.
PARA submitted questions to all candidates for Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors – all Districts, AZ Representative District 2, AZ Senate District 2, US House District 3, and US Senate District 3. Click on the links below to view the questions and answers.
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors:
District 1: Manny Ruiz – CHOSE NOT TO RESPOND
District 2: Rudy Molero
Olivia Ainza-Kramer – CHOSE NOT TO RESPOND
District 3: Bruce Bracker, Lee Jones, John Maynard
Arizona State Senator District 2:
Arizona State Representative District 3:
Chris Ackerley , Andrea Dalessandro, Rosanna Gabaldon
US Representative District 3:
Raul Grijalva, Blanca Guerra
Gabriela Saucedo Mercer – CHOSE NOT TO RESPOND
US Senate District 3:
Marc Victor
Richard Carmona: CHOSE NOT TO RESPOND
Jeff Flake: CHOSE NOT TO RESPOND
There is no ONE candidate who will perfectly reflect YOUR individual opinions. It is up to each of us to vote for the candidate we believe will best represent us on the issues important to us.
