A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-March, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-March, 2001 | Richard Grayson

San Francisco Chronicle Article on Richard Grayson and the Giraffe Hunters of America

Today, Thursday, September 14, 1995, the San Francisco Chronicle published on page E10 a story in Leah Garchik's "Personals" column, "Men Who Like To Hunt Giraffes," about Richard Grayson and the Giraffe Hunters of America PAC.

Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal Says Florida Teachers Union Will Not Endorse Richard Grayson for State Education Commissioner

Today, Sunday, January 12, 1986, the Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal published a "Politics as Unusual"column by Ray Ruester, "Teachers' Union Will Endorse," stating that the Florida Education Association will endorse a candidate for state education commissioner, but that Richard Grayson and two other Democratic candidates will not be considered by the union's executive committee.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early March, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early March, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late February, 2001 | Richard Grayson

 A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late February, 2001 | Richard Grayson

Arizona Daily Star column, "Political Notebook: Rule keeps two on CD7 ballot from debate," mentions No Labels Party Candidate Richard Grayson

Today, Friday, August 22, 2025, the Arizona Daily Star published a column by Tim Steller, "Political Notebook: Rule keeps two on CD7 ballot from debate," discusses No Labels Party candidate Richard Grayson and Green Party candidate Eduardo Quintana's exclusion from the debate between the major party candidates in the September 23, 2025 special election in Arizona's Seventh Congressional District.

Two candidates who will appear on the ballot for the special election in Congressional District 7 won’t be part of Tuesday’s televised debate.

Eduardo Quintana, of Tucson, is the Green Party candidate, and Richard Grayson, of Apache Junction, is the No Labels candidate. Neither one of them got 1% of the total votes cast in the July 15 primary election.

Under a rule adopted by the debate hosts, the Arizona Media Association and the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission, that means they are not invited. The two candidates who won their primaries and did reach that threshold were Democrat Adelita Grijalva and Republican Dan Butierez. They’ll debate at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Arizona Public Media. It will be broadcast live on Arizona Public Media and possibly other stations, and the public is not invited to attend live. Quintana said he considers the rule “unfair,” noting that one percent of the primary vote is “more than all of our registered voters.”

Quintana is a Raytheon retiree and environmental activist who ran for U.S. Senate as the Green Party’s candidate in 2024. “The main reason I’m running is because of the Palestinian question,” Quintana said. “Our country is carrying out an illegal genocide with Israel.” “I want to use this campaign to bring that issue to the fore, as well as other issues that are important to us,” he said.

The Green Party’s slogan, he noted, is “People, planet, peace.” Beyond wanting the United States to cut off aid to Israel, Quintana said, he supports healthcare-for-all and a Green New Deal.

Grayson’s candidacy is a little — let’s say a lot — less earnest. He’s a perennial candidate who has the distinction of having run in states across the country. This time, he ran in part to tweak the No Labels party. Last year, the party won a judicial order preventing him and others from running as primary candidates under the No Labels banner. This year, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling, opening the door for Grayson and others to pursue the party’s nomination.

He barely won it: One voter in Cochise County wrote him in, the only valid vote for a No Labels candidate in the primary. Grayson’s sincere political beliefs more or less align with the Democratic Party, he said, and he expects Grijalva to win the race and replace her father, Raul Grijalva, who died March 13. “It’s fun to be on the ballot. This is a hobby. I’m an old man,” Grayson said. “If anyone wants to vote for me, I assume it will be a mistake or they hate the other candidates on the ballot, or they’re mentally ill.”

Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com publishes letter by Richard Grayson, "Arizona No Labels Party is not Andrew Cuomo’s No Labels"

Today, August 20, 2025, the Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com published a letter by Richard Grayson, the No Labels Party candidate for Congress in the September 23 special election in Arizona's Seventh Congressional District:

As the first Arizona No Labels Party candidate to appear on the ballot — in the September 23 special election for the state’s 7th Congressional District — I want to make something clear: Arizona’s No Labels Party has no connection with the national group of the same name. That organization has endorsed Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor who resigned in 2021 amid a sexual harassment scandal, in the New York City mayoral race.
Our state party’s new chair, former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, has already emphasized this separation. Although I initially opposed his proposal to change our party’s name, I now realize I was wrong. I do not want to be linked with Andrew Cuomo in any way.
I am a progressive who opposes sexual harassment of women, believing that I share these values with Green Party candidate Eduardo Quintana and Democratic nominee Adelita Grijalva.

Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-February, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-February, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early February, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early February, 2001 | Richard Grayson

Richard Grayson Letter Opposing Changing No Labels Party's Name in Arizona Republic

Today, Sunday, August 10, 2025, The Arizona Republic published a letter by Richard Grayson opposing the proposed name change for the Arizona No Labels Party.

Different titles appeared on the versions at AZCentral.com and Yahoo News..

Ballot Access News also had a story by Richard Winger on Grayson's opposition to the proposed name change.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late January, 2001 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late January, 2001 | Richard Grayson

KJZZ radio story "The No Labels Party in Arizona plans to change its name. Critics say it can't do that" mentions Richard Grayson's opposition

Today, Monday, August 4, 2025, KJZZ had a story by Wayne Schutzky, "The No Labels Party in Arizona plans to change its name. Critics say it can't do that," mentioning Richard Grayson's opposition to the proposed name change.

KJZZ Radio Story on Richard Grayson, "Write-in candidate wins No Labels primary election with just 1 vote"

Today, Friday, August 1, 2025, KJZZ published a story by Wayne Schutzky, "Write-in candidate wins No Labels primary election with just 1 vote," about Richard Grayson's candidacy for Congress in the special election in Arizona's Seventh Congressional District.

Article in Independent Political Report on Arizona No Labels Party mentions Arizona's Seventh Congressional District candidate Richard Grayson

Today, Friday, August 1, 2025, an article by Jordan Willow Evans, "No Labels Arizona Reboots After Ninth Circuit Decision," mentions Richard Grayson, the first No Labels Party candidate in Arizona to achieve ballot status in the September 23, 2025 special election in the state's Seventh Congressional District.

Article on the Arizona No Labels Party in The Arizona Capitol Times mentions Seventh Congressional District Candidate Richard Grayson

On Friday, August 1, 2025, The Arizona Capitol Times published "No Labels party transforms to support independent candidates in state elections" by Kiera Riley, which had this brief excerpt: