Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent publishes article on Arizona Legislative District 7 candidates, including Richard Grayson for State Repressentative

Today, Wednesday, July 15, 2021, the Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent published an article by Janet Perez, "LD 7 representative GOP primary is competive," featuring all the primary candidates in Arizona's Legislative District 7, including Richard Grayson: 

Most of the candidates in the Arizona Legislative District 7 July 21 primary are running unopposed, except in the GOP race for state representative.

In the Senate race, incumbent Wendy Rogers faces no challengers in the Republican primary. Michiel “Mike” Montiel likewise faces no challengers in the Democratic primary.

In the race for LD 7 representative, the field is crowded in the Republican primary. Incumbent Walter “Walt” Blackman will face former state Rep. David Cook Sr., Andrew Costanzo and Barby Ingle. The top two vote-getters will move onto the general election in November.

In the Democratic primary, Samuel “Sam” Martin is running unopposed.

          Richard Grayson of the Green Party is a write-in candidate.

LD 7 encompasses Apache Junction, Gold Canyon Flagstaff, Page, Winslow, Show Low, Sedona and Pinetop-Lakeside. Here’s a look at the candidates:

 

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

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

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

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

Cochise County's Herald-Review Media publishes a letter about Richard Grayson's Arizona campaign in Arizona, "Sham Green Party candidate should withdraw"

Today, Thursday, July 9, 2026, Cochise County's Herald-Review Media published a letter from an admirer about Richard Grayson's Arizona campaign:

We don't think so.

Arizona Daily Star publishes letter on the Green Party by Richard Grayson

Today, Tuesday, July 7, 2024, the Arizona Daily Star published a letter,"Green Party," by Richard Grayson.

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

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

Cochise County's Herald-Review Media publishes a letter by Richard Grayson, "A spoiler candidacy isn't a protest, it's a risk," about the Arizona Green Party

Today, Thursday, July 2, 2026, Cochise County's Herald-Review Media publishes a Letter by Richard Grayson, "A spoiler candidacy isn't a protest, it's a risk," about the Arizona Green Party in response to an earlier letter:

Gary Swing's letter highlights Green Party values – but Democrats share those values, too. The real question is electoral consequence.

In the entire history of the State of Arizona, no candidate not a Republican or Democrat has ever won a contested partisan election, and there is no reason to believe this year will be different.

With Arizona's governor, Secretary of State, and 6th Congressional District races all potential tossups, Green candidates can tip outcomes towards the Republicans. The Green Party establishment dismisses both major parties as a "uniparty" or "corporate duopoly," but that framing ignores real differences. Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are not Andy Biggs, JD Vance, or Kari Lake. Those differences matter enormously under an administration many Arizona Green Party members find authoritarian and corrupt.

The CD6 race between Republican Juan Ciscomani and Democrat JoAnna Mendoza could help determine control of the U.S. House. A spoiler candidacy by Mr. Swing there isn't a protest – it's a risk. The vast majority of voters, Democrat and Republican alike, will reject the Green Party's refusal to reckon with political reality no matter who their candidates are.

Richard Grayson

Apache Junction

"The Inoculations," a story by Richard Grayson, published at Thirteen Bridges Review: The Literary Arts Journal of Auburn University at Montgomery

Today, July 1, 2026, Thirteen Bridges Review: The Literary Arts Journal of Auburn University at Montgomery, published a short story by Richard Grayson, "The Inoculations."

Alaska U.S. Senate Candidate Ballot Finalized at Close of "Dan Sullivans" Litigation; Richard Grayson is the Green Party Candidate

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

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

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner publishes letter by Richard Grayson, "Hope this clears things up"

Today, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner published a letter by Richard Grayson, "Hope this clears things up," responding to a letter that questioned Alaska's U.S. Senate candidates' motives for running:

I agree with the letter writer who argued that if the Alaska Division of Elections is going to examine and judge the motives of one candidate for the U.S. Senate and purport to remove him from the ballot -- something I believe is unconstitutional -- then all candidates' motives for running need to likewise be judged. As a Senate candidate, my Arizona address provoked a question about my motives, so I will answer it now: The average high temperature each day in Apache Junction in August is between 104 and 114 degrees Fahrenheit. Just as our town is filled with seasonal residents from Alaska and other Northern climes, I now have a good excuse to visit my snowbird neighbors and mooch off them for a while. That great politician Harry S. Truman may have said, "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen," but at age 75, I prefer to spend time in Alaska.

Richard Grayson's "The Iran Joke Book" mentioned in Walter Kaner's column in the New York Daily News

Today, June 4, 1980, Walter Kaner's column in the New York Daily News, ends with a mention of Richard Grayson's newest book:

IRANIC: There's nothing funny about the situation in Iran, but that hasn't stopped a Rockaway Park author, Richard Grayson, from putting together a paperback of puns, published this week, called "The Iran Joke Book." Samples: "How do Iranians phone each other?" "Persian to Persian." "How do Iranian clergymen make a decision?" "They mullah it over.".

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

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

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

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

Richard Grayson in Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent survey of candidates in Arizona's Legislative District 7

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

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

Anchorage Daily News mentions Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Alaska Richard Grayson

Today, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in a page A5 article by Alex DeMarban titled "US Senate and House races set, with over 30 candidates and the batlle of the Dan Sullivans," the Anchorage Daily News mentions that Richard Grayson, a member of the Green Party, is running for the U.S. Senate in Alaska's August 18, 2026 primary.

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

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

OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters publishes Richard Grayson's "Robert Kennedy Jr. Saved From Quicksand"

OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters has published Richard Grayson's "Robert Kennedy Jr. Saved From Quicksand."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Octagon predicts that Richard Grayson will not win Alaska U.S. Senate Election

Octagon has predicted that Richard Grayson, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senator from Alaska, will not win the 2026 election.

Phoenix Independent publishes article by Richard Grayson, "Green Party must work harder to gain equal ballot access it covets"

Today, Tuesday, April 28, 2026, the Phoenix Independent published an article by Richard Grayson, "Green Party must work harder to gain equal ballot access it covets."

Tucson Sentinel publishes article by Richard Grayson, "Why Risa Lombardo may be least harmful choice in Az’s Green Party primary"

Today, April 26, 2026, the Tucson Sentinel published an article by Richard Grayson, "Why Risa Lombardo may be least harmful choice in Az’s Green Party primary." 

Arizona Daily Star publishes letter on minor-party "spoiler" candidates by Richard Grayson, candidate for state representative in Legislative District 7

Today, April 24, 2026, the Arizona Daily Star published a letter, "'Spoiler' minor party candidates," by Richard Grayson, who is a candidate for state representative in Arizona's Legislative District 7.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Richard Grayson is a write-in Green Party primary candidate for State Representative in Arizona's 7th Legislative District

Richard Grayson is a write-in Green Party primary candidate for State Representative in Arizona's 7th Legislative District. Two state representatives are elected per district. There are four Republicans running for the two Republican slots on the November ballot. There is one Democrat running for the two Democratic slots on the ballot. 

In the Green Party primary, a write-in candidate needs a plurality of the vote to advance to the November ballot. In last July's primary in the special election for Arizona's 7th Congressional District, Grayson won the No Labels Party primary with one write-in vote. 

This year's primary is on July 21, 2026.

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

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

NOTUS (News of the United States) article mentions Richard Grayson's Green Party candidacy in the Alaska U.S. Senate election

Today, Thursday, March 26, 2026, an article in NOTUS (News of the United States) by Dave Levinthal, "Mary Peltola's House Campaign Spent on Airfare, Hotels and Meals as She Eyed a Senate Run," mentions Richard Grayson's Green Party candidacy in the election for U.S. Senator from Alaska in its last paragraph:

Alaska’s Senate primary — a ranked-choice voting affair where the top two vote-getters advance — is scheduled for August 18, with a Green Party candidate, Richard Grayson, and another Republican candidate, Dustin Darden, also declared. The general election is on November 3.

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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