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.

Arizona Republic publishes letter by Richard Grayson, "No Labels or Arizona Independent Party − it’s all branding"

Today, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, the Arizona Republic published a letter by Richard Grayson, "No Labels or Arizona Independent Party − it’s all branding":

Senate Bill 1609 would require the Arizona Independent Party to revert to its previous name, the No Labels Party — the name under which thousands of Arizonans signed a 2023 petition to establish it. That is the practical effect of this bill.The measure does not remove the party from the ballot. It does not raise signature requirements. It does not prevent anyone from registering with the party or running under its banner. Candidates affiliated with it will still face far lower signature thresholds than candidates who run as true independents and bypass party primaries altogether. An unopposed write-in candidate can still win a party nomination with only a plurality of votes.

As a candidate who ran under the No Labels banner, I can attest that the party's ballot access advantages existed before the name change and will remain after it.

Renaming the party “Independent” did not create independence, and restoring the original name will not diminish it. What changes here is branding — not democracy.

Richard Grayson, Apache Junction

Arizona Daily Star publishes letter by Richard Grayson on Arizona Independent/No Labels Party

Today, Friday, February 20, 2026, the Arizona Daily Star published a letter by Richard Grayson titled "Independent" on page A13.

Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com publishes letter by Richard Grayson, "Opponent says: Let Grijalva do her job"

Today, Saturday, September 27, 2025, the Arizona Daily Star/Tucson.com published a letter, "Opponent says: Let Grijalva do her job," by Richard Grayson:

I was the No Labels Party candidate in the Sept. 23 special election in Congressional District 7. With less than 1% of the vote, I conceded. Adelita Grijalva won an overwhelming victory to become the next U.S. representative.

In the last House special election, in Virginia’s District 11 on Sept. 9, Democrat James Walkinshaw was sworn in by Speaker Mike Johnson the very next day, Sept. 10. Yet days after Grijalva’s uncontested win, Republicans on Capitol Hill are stalling, saying she will not be sworn in for weeks. 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.

This is unacceptable. The people of Congressional District 7 — stretching from Tucson through Southern Arizona, from Yuma County to Cochise County — have been without a voting member of the U.S. House for more than six months. Adelita Grijalva must be sworn in immediately as our congresswoman.

Richard Grayson