The Decent Ballot advises Arizona Legislative District 7 voters to choose Sam Martin and Richard Grayson as their two state representatives

The Decent Ballot, an independent, non-profit voter guide website designed to help voters quickly assess candidates based on their character, selected Sam Martin and Richard Grayson as the two candidates for state representative as the best choices in Legislative District 7.

MS NOW's "The Briefing with Jen Psaki" features segment on Alaska U.S. Senate primary candidates, including Richard Grayson

This evening, Friday, October 30, 2026, "The Briefing with Jen Psaki" featured a segment on Alaska U.S. Senate primary candidates, including Richard Grayson.

"For Fun" Alaska Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Richard Grayson Mentioned in Newsweek Article, "Trump Responds After Bombshell Report on Alaska’s Two Dan Sullivans Dispute"

Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Newsweek published an article by Andrew Stanton, "Trump Responds After Bombshell Report on Alaska’s Two Dan Sullivans Dispute," that mentions "for fun" Alaska Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Richard Grayson:

It’s not unusual for either political party to support candidates who could be spoilers against their rivals. Earlier this cycle, the Anchorage Daily News reported that conservative groups spent money to boost Richard Grayson, a Green Party candidate running in the Senate race “for fun.”

 

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-November, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-November, 2002 | Richard Grayson

League of Women Voters' VOTE411 Voter Guide for Arizona Legislative District 7 Candidates Includes Trump-Hating Candidate Richard Grayson

The League of Women Voters' VOTE411 Guide has a page for the State Representative candidates in Arizona's Legislative District 7, including Trump-hating candidate Richard Grayson.

How would you work with members of both parties, the Governor, and legislative leadership to promote bipartisan collaboration and ensure legislation receives fair consideration based on its merits and impact on Arizonans, regardless of party sponsorship, including your approach to committee hearings, bipartisan negotiation, and balancing partisan priorities with the broader public interest?

Richard Grayson

I'm not going to be elected. But I would work with Republicans who are not Trumptards.

What legislation or budget priorities would you support to address Arizona’s rising cost of living, including housing, healthcare, energy, insurance, childcare, and other everyday expenses facing residents?

Richard Grayson

Whatever the Democratic Party tells me to do. But I told you, I'm not going to get elected. I'm not delusional!

What changes to Arizona law or state water policy would you support to protect the state’s long-term water supply while balancing growth, agriculture, tribal interests, economic development, and population growth?

Richard Grayson

I'd support a lot of those things, but I'm just a protest candidate. If I get 6-8% of the vote, it would be great.

What changes, if any, would you support to Arizona’s voting laws and election policies regarding voter access, election security, election administration, and voter privacy, and what outcomes would you hope to achieve through those changes?

Richard Grayson

I would lower the voting age to 14, as in the great 1968 film, "Wild in the Streets." My slogan is "Fourteen or fight!" Increase suffrage to all Americans 14-18 through state laws or a new constitutional amendment. And get rid of any Trumptard laws that would keep from voting. Maybe get rid of him, too?

What legislative or budget changes would you support regarding state taxes, public education funding, teacher recruitment and retention, workforce preparation, and oversight and accountability for the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) and other publicly funded school choice programs?

Richard Grayson

ESA is a piece of shit and should be abolished. I'd raise taxes on the rich, increase education funding so Arizona wouldn't be such a shithole. I'm 75 and from NYC, where I got a real education. And went to college at CUNY for free! These dummies in Arizona deserve the same chance as my friends and I did, but here we have Trumptards and Nazis who are so stupid they.... you know what? Fuhgeddaboudit!

What legislation or funding priorities would you support regarding border security, immigration enforcement cooperation, public safety, behavioral health services, substance abuse treatment, and responses to homelessness in Arizona communities?

Richard Grayson

We should get rid of ICE and throw all of those Nazi creeps in prison, along with the Border Patrol Gestapoi and everyone. To be honest, most of the people the US is deporting are better Americans than the scumbag Republicans like the disgusting JD Vance, who is the one who should be deported, that worthless piece of shit.

What role should the Arizona Legislature play in shaping state energy policy, and what legislation would you support regarding utility costs, renewable energy development, electric grid reliability, and the impact of large energy users, such as data centers, on Arizona residents and resources?

Richard Grayson

It should play a constructive role. But it won't because it's filled with subhuman douchebags like Jake Hoffman and other white supremacist scum.

What legislation or budget priorities would you support to address extreme heat, drought, wildfire risk, air quality, reproductive healthcare access, and other environmental and public health challenges affecting communities across Arizona?

Richard Grayson

All the good-government things that the League of Women Voters support. But you are nice refined, educated, classy women and you are unfortunately outnumbered vastly in a shithole state like Arizona. We're lucky we've had Katie Hobbs and other Democrats for four years. Now Trump is going to do like Maduro and say the Republicans won the election by calling a national emergency, sending ICE to stop people who look normal (not Republican) from voting, and impound the ballots. So all this talk about issues is well and good, but we are now in an authoritarian regime, a fascist dicatatorship, and so we cannot do anything good because under Trump, we can't have nice things.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early November, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early November, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Politico mentions new political action committee, Green Party of Pima County Endorses, Supports and Admires Our Candidate Richard Grayson

Today, Friday, October 16, 2026, Politico mentioned a new political action committee, Green Party of Pima County Endorses, Supports and Admires Our Candidate Richard Grayson .

Anchorage Press publishes article, "Revealed: The money behind last-minute fringe candidate ad blitz in Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary," showing that Elon Musk funded the "Kill Billionaires" campaign of Richard Grayson

Today, Friday, October 16, 2025, The Anchorage Press published an article by Nathaniel Herz, "Revealed: The money behind the last-minute fringe candidate ad blitz in Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary," showing that Elon Musk was one of those behind unwanted funding by super PAC Fair Deal Alaska to support Green Party U.S. Senate Richard Grayson's "Kill Billionaires" campaign.

Arizona LD7 House of Representatives Debate: Richard Grayson is the only candidate who follows the Arizona Democratic Party's recommendation to vote NO on all Republican-sponsored ballot questions

LD7 House of Representatives Candidates Debate: Richard Grayson says: "Whatever it is, I'm against it!"

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late October, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Late October, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Brooklyn College newspaper Calling Card publishes article, "Literary Luminaries Come For Conference," about Literature and Publishing Conference coordinated by Richard Grayson

Today, Wednesday, April 20, 1977, Calling Card, the newspaper of the Brooklyn College House Plan Association, published a front-page article, "Literary Luminaries Come For Conference," about a Literature and Publishing conference on the Brooklyn College campus April 25 and 26, 1977:

The conference, sponsored by the college's Department of English, will be held in the college's Student Center, Campus Road and E. 27th Street, Brooklyn. A small fee to the two-day affair will be charged.

The ten panels will feature such literary luminaries as novelist Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., playwright Arthur Kopit, writer Donald Barthelme, Newsweek reviewer Walter Clemons and many others from the book world. Serving as moderators will be Brooklyn College faculty members, including Pulitizer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery, novelist Jonathan Baumbach and playwright Jack Gelber.

Panelists will answer such questions as "Who decides what poety gets published," "Can serious literature and the casual reader co-exist," "How are books marketed," "Who publishes small audience literature," "Does a writer need an agent," and "To what extent should literature be subsidized."

Sessions will begin each day at 10 a.m., with the last panel starting at 4:00 p.m.

For further information or registration forms, call Richard Grayson or Michael Friedman, conference coordinators, at 780-5543.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-October, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Mid-October, 2002 | Richard Grayson

Elections Agenda's webpage of Arizona Legislative District 7 Candidates includes Richard Grayson, Democrat-Green Candidate for Arizona House of Representatives

The Elections Agenda website from the great people who produce Arizona Agenda and Tucson Agenda is live, with a page on the race in Legislative District 7, which includes Democratic/Green House candidate Richard Grayson:

Richard Grayson is a writer, former college professor and attorney who has appeared on ballots in Arizona, Florida and Alaska as a perennial candidate. He drew 39 votes in Arizona's 2012 Green Party presidential preference election, and showed up to the ballot-order ceremony for it in a bunny suit. Though nominated by the Green Party this year, he disavows it and sides with Democrats. At the Clean Elections debate he called himself a socialist and predicted he would win under 4% of the vote.

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early October, 2002 | Richard Grayson

A Writer’s Diary Entries From Early October, 2002 | Richard Grayson

San Luis Obispo Tribune publishes "Meet the candidates for the Arizona Legislature" including Legislative District 7 candidate Richard Grayson

Today, Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the San Luis Obispo Tribune published an article by the Arizona Republic's Laura Gersony and Helen Rummel, "Meet the candidates for the Arizona Legislature," featuring all candidates including Richard Grayson in Legislative District 7:

Richard Grayson is asking for Democrats' support even as he runs under the Green Party label. He describes himself as "Trump-hating" and part of the "Hobbs, Fontes, Mayes, Mike Montiel, Sam Martin, et al. Democratic Team," referring to other state and local Democratic candidates.