Vince Rabago to Begin Election Day Talking with Phoenix Voters, Spend Afternoon Speaking with Tucson Voters, Employers, Job Seekers, Volunteers

Will Celebrate Election Night with the Pima County Democratic Party at Hotel Congress.

Remember to check out our site and archives for Vince’s bio, legal work, campaign ads, press releases, news articles and much more.

Vince 4 Az Election Result Watch Parties and Democratic Gatherings:

Check back for possible additions from around Arizona!
Email us event notices at Vince4Az@gmail.com

Join Vince Rabago at The Historic Hotel Congress’ Copper Hall
Hosted by The Pima County Democratic Party
7:00 pm 311 E. Congress St. Tucson

Tempe Watch Party
Hosted by Friends, Family and Volunteers
Four Peaks Brewery
7:30 pm
1340 East 8th Street #104 Tempe, AZ

Flagstaff Watch Party
Hosted by Our Friends and Candidates in Flagstaff
(This is not a Vince4Az event but our volunteers and supporters will be there to watch and celebrate)
Collins Irish Pub & Grill
7:00 pm
2 North Leroux Street Flagstaff, AZ

Contact:
Gilberto Zaragoza, Vince Rabago for Attorney General
520-548-9959 gilberto.zaragoza@gmail.com

Vince Rabago, Who Warned of the Dangers of Privatizing Arizona’s Prisons in 2009, Demands Common-Sense Prison Reform Today

Will Fight to Bring About Needed Reforms as Attorney General

Phoenix, AZ — On a hot summer day in 2009 Vince Rabago joined the Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs (AZCOPS) and the Arizona Correctional Peace Officers Association to stand up for common sense and speak out against turning over Arizona’s inmates, and the safety of Arizona citizens, to for-profit prison corporations.

With one of the Kingman Three and his accomplice still on the lam, Vince issues the following statement:

“I am confident that the remaining fugitives, John Charles McCluskey and Casslyn Welch, will be caught. However, I’m troubled by Gov. Brewer’s statement earlier this week that the escape of McCluskey and two other dangerous criminals on July 30th ‘looks to be a human error, not an institutional one.’ Furthermore, yesterday’s escape of an inmate in Tucson and Brewer’s continued silence on the matter, proves that our governor and all our state leaders, need to get focused now.”

“It is most definitely an institutional error, and a profound failure of leadership, when we allow convicted murderers to be sent to lower-security, for profit prisons. Selling murderers and other hardened criminals to the lowest bidder is irresponsible and short-sighted.”

“I stand firmly with Attorney General Goddard, the Democratic minority in the Legislature, correctional officers, sheriffs and police officers — and so many others across the community — in condemning the current system that allows convicted murderers to be housed in lower-security, for-profit prisons. As Arizona’s next attorney general, I will push hard to change the laws that govern where murderers and other hardened criminals can be jailed, to ensure that ‘locked up’ really means locked up.”

Vince Rabago is a 16-year veteran public prosecutor with experience keeping dangerous criminals behind bars and fighting to maintain the death penalty against the most egregious murderers, at the highest levels of our court system.

As Attorney General, Rabago will protect Arizonans and make sure the bad guys stay behind bars.

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As you all know, we are at a critical point in Arizona and the challenges of our state government demand that we select someone with leadership and integrity, as our next Attorney General. The stakes have never been higher and Vince is the strongest candidate and is ready to stand up and fight for the people of Arizona.

Help us elect Vince Rabago TODAY!

Forward this new message from Vince to all of your friends and help them see what we see: The most experienced, best qualified, and strongest candidate to keep the Attorney General’s office in Democratic hands, where it belongs.

After you have done that, RSVP for one of our GOTV events!

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Personal Message From Vince Rabago

Vince Rabago Ad- English

Vince Rabago Ad- Spanish

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GOTV ‘Get Out The Vote’ Events
NEW! Guadalupe GOTV Canvass (south of Arizona Mills Mall)
Saturday August 21, 10:00
Mercado de Guadalupe
9201 S. Avenida del Yaqui Guadalupe

GOTV Kick Off Canvass
With Vince Rabago and Concressman Raul Grijalva
Saturday August 21, 9:00am
SPECIAL TREAT! A few of our lucky canvassers will get to partner up with Vince and other candidates and ‘Canvass with the Candidates’!
452 S. Stone Ave. Tucson

Sunday Canvass
Sunday August 22, 5:00pm
452 S. Stone Ave. Tucson

Lit Drops
Contact us TODAY to sign up for neighborhood lit drops.
We will get you literature and a list of homes in your area.

Phone From Home or Host Your Own Phone Bank
RSVP HERE TODAY to receive call sheets and full instructions!

For more information on these and other GOTV events contact:

Shasta McManus
Field Director- Vince4Az
520-822-7343
Shasta.McManus@gmail.com

Integrity – Experience –  Leadership

“Vince Rabago’s work to protect Arizona’s most vulnerable citizens is unparalleled. He has fought to protect the poor from the Predatory Payday Loan Industry and shielded consumers, particularly the elderly, from fraud and scams. He is no doubt, the best candidate to be Arizona’s next Attorney General.”

-Congressman Raul Grijalva

“If you really care about public safety in this State, Vince Rabago should be your choice for Arizona Attorney General; he will work collaboratively with law enforcement.”

-Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik, Pima County

“Arizona is facing tremendous challenges and overcoming these takes a real leader with integrity. Vince Rabago is that leader and as Attorney General, he will protect our rights, enforce our laws and inspire others around him to rise up and meet the demands of our state.”

-Ret. Brigadier General John Adams

“CWA 7000 is proud to endorse an Arizona native who has devoted his professional life to protecting working families. From exposing workplace corruption to supporting Labor issues in the Democratic Party, Vince Rabago has always led the charge for union values.”

-Linda Hatfield, CWA 7000

“Vince Rabago is the best candidate for Arizona Attorney General. Having grown up on the border, Vince is strong and knowledgeable on border security issues and will enforce our laws.”

-Sheriff Tony Estrada, Santa Cruz County

“Vince Rabago recognizes and supports the unique trust relationship between the United States of America and sovereign Native American tribes such as the Tohono O’odham Nation and … understands the importance and benefit of an effective and productive state-tribal relationship.”

-Tohono O’odham Nation Legislative Council

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I am proud and honored to have received the endorsements of these tremendous community leaders over the past few months. I have admired their work for many years.

Having the support of these community leaders from across the state – and access to their wisdom – has helped guide me on the campaign trail and will benefit all Arizonans when I am your next Attorney General.

With just seven days left in this election, I need all of you to help me earn the most important endorsement of all – the vote of the people.

Join us for GOTV Weekend and help make sure we talk to every voter we can.

See below for details…

Thank You!

Here are some of our many supporters across the state:
(List in progress. If you don’t see your name, let us know.)

Former Governor Raul Castro
Congressman Raul Grijalva
Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy
Corporation Commissioner Paul Newman
Border Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, Pima County
Border Sheriff Tony Estrada, Santa Cruz County
State Representative Daniel Patterson
State Representative Phil Lopes
State Representative Dave Bradley
State Senator Paula Aboud
State Senator and Democratic Leader Jorge Luis Garcia
State Senator Luis Gonzalez (former)
State Senator Jaime Gutierrez (former)
State Senator Sandy Bowling (former)
Brad Carlyon, Navajo County Attorney
F. Ann Rodriguez, Pima County Recorder
Richard Elias, Pima County Supervisor
Ann English, Chair of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors
Pete Rios, Pinal County Board of Supervisors and former State Senator
Former Phoenix City Council Member Armando DeLeon
Former Mayor George Miller and Mrs. Roz Miller
Tucson Council Member Shirley Scott
Tucson Council Member Karin Uhlich
Tucson Council Member Richard Fimbres
Tucson Council Member Regina Romero
Former Tucson City Council Member Steve Leal
Former Tucson City Council Member Michael Crawford
Former Tucson City Council Member Bruce Wheeler
Former Tucson City Council Member Molly McKasson
Mayor Jennifer Eckstrom, City of South Tucson
Council Member John Felix, City of South Tucson
Council Member Mary Soltero, City of South Tucson
Former Council Member Roman Soltero, City of South Tucson
Council Member Charlie Salaz, City of South Tucson
Mayor Alma Yolanda Solarez, Guadalupe
Council Member Laura Valencia, Guadalupe
Council Member Gloria Cota, Guadalupe
Avondale Council Member Charles Vierhout
Cottonword Council Member Darold Smith
Marana Council Member Russell Clanagan
Former Oro Valley Councilmember Salette Latas
Former Oro Valley Councilmember Paula Abbot
Sunnyside School Board Member Eva Dong
Sunnyside School Board Member Malena Barajas
TUSD Board Member Adelita Grijalva
TUSD Board Member Bruce Burke
TUSD Board Member Mark Stegeman

Community Leaders

Dolores Huerta
Ana Valenzuela
Paul Eckerstrom
Dr. Hank Oyama
Dr. Maria Telles
Dr. Sofia Ramos

Organizations

Tohono O’odham Nation Legislative Council
AFL-CIO Arizona
AFSCME 449
CWA 7000
BLET 22

GOTV VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Sign Up TODAY!

Phone Banks

Final Weekly Wednesday Phone Bank and Mailing Party!
Wednesday August 17, 5:30-8:30
Pima County Democratic HQ
4639 E. 1st St. Tucson
RSVP HERE for this event

Phone From Home or Host Your Own Phone Bank
RSVP Here TODAY to receive call sheets and full instructions!

Canvass and Lit Drops

GOTV Kick Off Rally and Canvass
with Congressman Raul Grijalva and Vince Rabago
Saturday August 21, 9:00am
SPECIAL TREAT! A few of our lucky canvassers will get to partner up with Vince and other candidates and ‘Canvass with the Candidates’!
452 S. Stone Ave. Tucson
RSVP HERE for this event

Sunday Canvass
Sunday August 22, 5:00pm
452 S. Stone Ave. Tucson
RSVP HERE for this event

Lit Drops
Contact us TODAY to sign up for neighborhood lit drops.
We will get you literature and a list of homes in your area.
RSVP HERE for this event

For more information on these and other GOTV events contact:

Shasta McManus
Field Director- Vince4Az
520-822-7343
Shasta.McManus@gmail.com

With less than 3 weeks left until the primary and early voting well on its way, we need boots on the ground and ears to the phones.

Over the past months our volunteers have proved to us that there is no distance they won’t go to show Arizona why Vince Rabago should be, must be, our next Attorney General. That enthusiasm and drive is the engine of this campaign. We must continue to push forward and to do that we need YOU.

We need you to VOTE
We need you to TALK to your friends and family
We need you to VOLUNTEER
We need you to DONATE to the campaign

We need you to ensure Arizona has an Attorney General that will fight for the people of Arizona!

Join us TODAY!

Sign Up Today! Host or Join Phone Banks and Canvasses All Over Arizona
Sign up today to join or host phone banks and cavasses all over the state. We will be posting  volunteer hosted events both on our website www.vince4az.com and on our FaceBook page.  Ready to go and don’t see an event in your area? Contact us directly at Vince4Az@gmail.com or call 602-492-8427.

Monday-Saturday 9am-6pm & Sunday 4pm-9pm – Office Volunteers
Join us at our New Tucson Campaign Headquarters located at 452 S. Stone Tucson, AZ. We have the privilege of basing our campaign out of Congressman Grijalva’s beautiful Campaign Headquarters. Every day we have new projects that we need assistance with.

WEDNESDAYS 5:30pm – Phone bank at Pima Co. Democratic Headquarters
These phone banks are incredibly important. With the technology of the Pima County Democrat’s Call Center we the ability to reach more voters than ever in a short amount of time. It’s fun and easy. Stop by and receive full training in minutes.

Weekend Canvasses – Saturday 9am & Sunday 5pm
452 S. Stone Tucson, AZ. Put on your walking shoes and get ready to KNOCK! Over the next 3 weeks we will be canvassing every Saturday and Sunday. With such little time left, every knock counts.

Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to this campaign. Let’s keep it up until every last vote is cast!

Shasta McManus
Field Director
Shasta.McManus@gmail.com
520-822-7343

Here and Now talks to the primary election candidates for Arizona attorney general, Wednesday, August 4 from 11am to noon.Democratic candidates David Lujan,Vince Rabago, and Felecia Rotelliniwill join us, as well as Republican candidate Tom Horne. Andrew Thomas, the other Republican candidate, declined to participate.

CONTACT:
David Higuera, Vince Rabago for Attorney General
(520) 321-1111, davideh@simginc.com

Vince Rabago Files 3,200 $5 Donations to Qualify for Clean Elections Funding

As Arizona’s Next Attorney General, Rabago Will Continue Career of Prosecuting Dangerous Criminals and Protecting Consumers

PHOENIX — Former Assistant Attorney General Vince Rabago filed more than 3,200 $5 donations today, from voters in every district across the state, to qualify for Clean Elections funds in his race for Arizona Attorney General. Rabago is seeking the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in the August 24th Primary.

“My opponents in the Democratic primary, Rotellini and Lujan, are two Capitol insiders who are much too close to the special interests and powerful lobbyists that have run Arizona into the ditch,” stated Rabago. “We don’t need a career politician as our next Attorney General, we need a proven prosecutor.”

“As the only non-establishment candidate, I am the underdog in this primary. But today’s filing assures I will have the resources to compete and win on Aug 24th.”

“David Lujan, the other Clean candidate, is too immersed in old politics of careful calculation and poll-tested positions to win. He didn’t have the guts to vote one way or the other on SB1070 when it came before the House, despite his supposed role as Democratic Leader,” added Rabago.  “As a leader, I would not only have voted No on 1070, because it is the wrong solution to a serious problem and will do nothing to secure our borders, I would have fulfilled my leadership obligations to do everything possible to either amend it or kill it before it ever reached the Governor’s desk. As Attorney General, you don’t get to take a walk on tough decisions.”

“Democrats need a candidate in the fall who has the courage to stand up and fight for what’s right — and stand up against the ideological bullies — as I did in my public statement against 1070 before it was signed into law and in my public statements against Russell Pearce’s latest mission to deny birthright citizenship and create a two-tier system in our public schools.”

“Our qualification for Clean Elections funding also assures we will have the resources to take down Andy Thomas or Tom Horne in the General Election, something Felicia Rotellini cannot count on,” added Campaign Manager Gilberto Zaragoza.  “It has taken her nearly a year to raise the amount she’s raised to date, and she’s burning through it at a pretty fast clip. In this environment, how would she possibly raise the amount needed for the General in just eight weeks?”

Vince Rabago brings 20 years’ experience fighting for the people and protecting vulnerable citizens to his campaign for Arizona Attorney General, including the last 16 years as a public prosecutor in the Offices of the Arizona and California Attorneys General, working in both the civil and criminal divisions.

In 2009, Rabago investigated and brought a major fraud lawsuit against out-of-state payday lender QuikCash for deceptive collection practices. Despite what opponent Rotellini claimed during the televised Democratic candidate debate sponsored by Clean Elections, Rabago successfully obtained a court injunction to immediately stop QuikCash’s deceptive collection practices across the state.

Over his career as a public prosecutor, Vince Rabago has been on the front lines of many of the issues that Arizona’s next Attorney General will need to deal with, such as mortgage and student loan fraud, multi-state financial fraud, online safety and privacy, foreclosure rescue scams, and the battle against unscrupulous payday lenders.

“I have spent my entire career dedicated to protecting consumers, targeting scammers, and making sure dangerous criminals never again walk the streets,” stated Rabago. “As the only candidate to have prosecuted death penalty cases at the highest levels of our court system, I have the tough-on-crime credentials and experience that nobody else in this race has. Furthermore, as someone born and raised in Douglas, Arizona, I won’t be lectured by anyone on border security or the other issues facing our border communities.”

Concluded Rabago, “If Democrats want a candidate who has the courage to beat Tom Horne or Andy Thomas in November, and the chops and know-how to get things done as AG, I’m their candidate.”

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Me entristece e indigna los últimos esfuerzos del senador Russell Pearce por legislar racismo y discriminación dentro de la nueva ley de Arizona.

Como lo publicaron en el periódico Arizona Capitol Times, el senador Russell Pearce está ahora intentando negar la ciudadanía a aquellos niños nacidos en los Estados Unidos, si los padres son inmigrantes ilegales; igualmente, negar el derecho a la educación pública a niños indocumentados, exigiéndoles pagar la matrícula, forzándolos a dejar las escuelas.

Decir que el senador Russell ha ido desasiado lejos, es subestimarlo. Apoyo la idea de asegurar la frontera y modificar nuestro sistema de migración con medidas fuertes, pero justas, que funcionen; incluyendo tomar medidas energéticas contra aquellos empleadores que contraten inmigrantes ilegales. Igualmente, exigiéndole a los inmigrantes ilegales que actualmente se encuentren aquí, que se registren con el gobierno, paguen una multa y paguen los impuestos atrasados, para estar bien dentro de la ley. Otros requisitos serían no tener record o pasado criminal y mantener un empleado remunerado.

Estoy en contra de la inmigración ilegal. Crecí en la frontera y he sido testigo de las consecuencias de la inmigración ilegal y el tráfico criminal. Dicho eso, los ataques del senador Pearce contra los niños, la Constitución, y nuestros principios fundamentales de equidad y justicia, van más allá de los límites de la decencia humana. Son francamente ofensivos.

Llamé inmediatamente a Pearce a que parara su cruzada en contra de las comunidades inmigrantes. Como nos lo recordó el reverendo Martín Luther King, Junior, en su carta desde la prisión, en 1963: “La injusticia en cualquier parte, es una amenaza contra la justicia en todas partes”.

Lo que propone Pearce es una grave injusticia. Si se aprueba, amenaza no solo a Arizona, sino a nuestros valores fundamentales Americanos. La enmienda número 14 de la Constitución Americana claramente reza que “ Todas las personas nacidas o naturalizadas, y sujetas a la jurisdicción, son ciudadanos(…)”. La Corte Suprema rechazó el punto de vista de Pearce como inconstitucional con más de 100 años de vejez; pero los ideólogos ignoran convenientemente la Constitución, cuando se les limita la agenda. Recurren a la vez a insultos y a ataques raciales, utilizando términos degradantes como “bebés ancla”, para enturbiar el debate.

La enmienda número 14, garantiza la igualdad y protección dentro de la ley, a todos aquellos que residan aquí – incluyendo a los niños – , y protege contra la discriminación de la educación mezquina que defiende Pearce. En el caso Plyler contra Doe, la Corte Suprema rechazó este tipo de ataques contra los niños inmigrantes hace más de un cuarto de siglo, cuando se confirmó su derecho igualitario a una educación pública.

El senador Pearce se esconde detrás de las reclamaciones de la carga sobre los contribuyentes de impuestos. Pero negar a niños inocentes la educación básica, es ser tonto e ignorante.

La Corte Suprema reconoció que “Los Grandes Costos a la Nación”, son leyes que impondrían “Promover la creación y perpetuación de una subclase de analfabetos dentro de nuestras fronteras, seguramente adicionando a los problemas y costos del desempleo, el bienestar y la delincuencia”.

Las propuestas del senador Pearce no solo son inconstitucionales y fiscalmente irresponsables, son injustas.

Haga un llamado a todos los candidatos a cargos públicos en Arizona, Demócratas y Republicanos, a que denuncien esta legislación amoral. Mantenerse en silencio ante las leyes injustas en contra de los niños, es fracasar. Voy a defender lo que es correcto, incluso si me quedo solo.

Vince Rábago, Candidato Demócrata a la Fiscalía General de Arizona.

Dear Supporter,

This race for Arizona Attorney General is incredibly important. We cannot let someone like Andy Thomas or Tom Horne become the state’s top law enforcement officer.

We need a Democrat who can go toe-to-toe against Thomas or Horne in November, and WIN.

Vince Rabago is that candidate.

Vince is a veteran prosecutor, not a politician.  He spent 16 years as a state prosecutor in the Offices of the Arizona and California Attorneys General, and is the only candidate in the race who has prosecuted cases involving hardened, violent criminals to the highest levels of our courts. He’s got the tough-on-crime credentials that nobody else in the race has, ensuring that Democrats can win in November.

Vince has also fought for working families and to protect consumers, successfully taking on a major out-of-state payday lender in court and stopping their deceptive practices.

Help me help Vince by sending in your $5 Clean Elections contribution today. Download the form and mail it in.  Vince needs $5 Clean Elections contributions from Arizona voters to qualify for Clean Elections campaign funding.

I am proud to be Vince’s campaign co-chairman because for far too long politicians in  Arizona have been afraid of standing up to ideologues or injustice.  As state lawmakers like Russell Pearce assault the Constitution, most recently attacking the citizenship of American children – few have spoken out against it.  Not Vince.  Vince stood up against such immoral legislation and will continue to do so.  [AZ Capitol Times, 6/18.]

If you want to give more, you can!  Vince can also accept separate “Seed Money” contributions of up to $140 while he works to qualify for Clean Elections funding.  You do not need to live in Arizona in order to donate a “Seed Money” contribution.  Visitwww.vince4az.com to make a separate seed money contribution online.

Again, the best thing you can do right now to help Vince win this critical race, is to download the Clean Elections form and make your $5 qualifying contribution TODAY.  In addition, please consider making a separate Seed Money contribution to help Vince.

Thank you,

Raúl