>>> WELCOME BACK. WELL, THE SENATE RACE HERE IN
ARIZONA IS GETTING A LOT OF
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. THERE’S ALSO A GOVERNOR’S RACE
GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AND SAY
WHAT’S THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE,
THEY ALL SAY EDUCATION.
THAT’S BECAUSE WHAT’S GOING ON
IN THE GOVERNOR’S RACE.
DOUG DOOCY IS FACING DAVID
GARCIA.
GARCIA. HE HAS NO PREVIOUS ELECTED
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE. GARCIA
GARCIA GARCIA’S BEEN ENDORSED BY
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND BERNIE
SANDERS.
SANDERS. HE HAS NOT BEEN ENDORSED BY THE
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN FOR THE
SENATE, TYRSKYRSTEN SINEMA.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
IT JUST SEEMS ODD THAT WE’RE 20
DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
HAVE YOU ENDORSED KYRSTEN?
>> NO.
>> NO. AND SHE HASN’T ENDORSED ANYONE,
TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS
HAS DONE IS WE’RE EACH RUNNING
OUR OWN RACE.
I BELIEVE THAT WHAT I BRING OUT
IN TERMS OF TURNOUT, WHAT SINEMA
BRINGS OUT WITH RESPECT TO
TURNOUT IS A NET POSITIVE FOR
EVERYONE ELSE ON THE TICKET.
>> IT’S JUST UNUSUAL.
YOU LOOK IF HE FLORIDA TICKETS
AND REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
ARE HAND IN HAND.
LOOKING AT THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
IN THIS STATE, IT SEEMS LIKE
THERE’S AT LEAST SOME
COORDINATION HERE.
COORDINATION HERE. DOESN’T THIS HURT YOU MORE THAN
IT HELPS YOU, THE LACK OF
COORDINATION?
COORDINATION? >> IT’S NOT JUST SINEMA AND
MYSELF.
MYSELF. IN ARIZONA WE HAVE PEOPLE
RUNNING FOR RACES ALL THE WAVE
DOWN THE BOTTOM OF THE TICKET.
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD FOUR
PEOPLE RUNNING FOR JUSTICE OF
THE PEACE.
THE PEACE. WHEN THAT ENERGY IS HAPPENING, I
BELIEVE IT’S GOING TO BE A NET
POSITIVE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE ON
THE TICKET.
THE TICKET. >> AS I INDICATED, YOU ASK ANY
VOTER AND IT HAS BEEN ANY AGE
GROUP, WHAT’S THE NUMBER ONE
ISSUE?
ISSUE? FRANKLY, I’VE BEEN COMEING TO
ARIZONA PROFESSIONALLY COVERING
POLITICS HERE A GOOD 15 YEARS.
THE ISSUE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IS
VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE I GREW UP
IN FLORIDA.
IN FLORIDA. THE POPULATION IS GROWING FASTER
THAN THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE AND
THEN IT BECOMES A FIGHT OVER
RESOURCES.
RESOURCES. YOU GUYS ARE HAVING THIS DEBATE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST
ISSUE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR
THE STATE RIGHT NOW?
>> THE REASON IT’S AN ISSUE THIS
TIME AROUND IS BECAUSE OF OUR
TEACHERS.
TEACHERS. ARIZONA IS ONE OF THE
RED-FOR-RED STATES WHERE
TEACHERS TOOK IT UPON
THEMSELVES --
THEMSELVES -- [ APPLAUSE ]
>> I’LL BE HONEST, A LOT OF
PLACES WERE SURPRISED OUT EAST
WHEN THEY SAW TEACHERS PROTEST
AND GOVERNORS RESPOND.
>> AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT
CONSISTENCY.
CONSISTENCY. THESE ARE ALL STATES THAT HAVE
TAKEN VERY DEEP CUTS IN PUBLIC
EDUCATION.
EDUCATION. THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE WAS
FUNDING.
FUNDING. >> SOME WOULD SAY EVERYBODY’S
FOR INCREASED FUNDING, JUST NOT
AS MUCH AS OTHERS WOULD SAY.
BUT ONE PERSON’S SMALLER
INCREASE IS ANOTHER PERSON’S
CUT.
CUT. >> I’M TRYING TO PUT MY HEAD
AROUND THE MATH HERE.
YOU SOUND LIKE YOU WORK AT OUR
LEGISLATURE.
LEGISLATURE. >> I’M AWARE EVERYBODY -- WHO
WILL INCREASE 10%, WHO WILL
INCREASE 5%?
INCREASE 5%? >> YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT FUNNY MATH
ON THIS STUFF AND BUDGET MATH.
BUT WHAT IS THAT BIG ISSUE?
>> THE BIG ISSUE IS FUNDING.
OUR FUNDING IS THAT LOW IN
ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. WE HAVE TEACHERS WORKING TWO,
THREE JOBS IN ORDER TO STAY IN
THE CLASSROOM.
THE CLASSROOM. AND AS LONG AS OUR TEACHERS HAVE
TO WORK TWO OR THREE JOBS TO
STAY IN THE CLASSROOM, IT ISN’T
A PROFESSION.
A PROFESSION. THEY ALSO SAID IT’S ABOUT
IMPROVING SCHOOLS, NOT JUST
TEACHER PAY BUT EVERYONE WHO
MAKES SCHOOL WORK.
THE FIRST PERSON MY DAUGHTER
SEES IN THE MORNING, MISS
MELANIE, OUR BUS DRIVER, SHE’S
GOT AN IMPORTANT JOB THERE AS
WELL.
WELL. EDUCATION IS THE ISSUE THAT IS
ON EVERYBODY’S MIND EVERY TIME
WE GO TO THE DOOR OUT THERE.
>> THESE DAYS IN POLITICS YOU
GET PEGGED FOR WHO YOU ASSOCIATE
YOURSELF WITH.
YOURSELF WITH. SOMETIMES THAT’S GOOD, SOMETIMES
IT’S BAD.
IT’S BAD. BERNIE SANDERS IS COMING TO
CAMPAIGN FOR YOU.
DOES THAT MAKE YOU A BERNIE
SANDERS DEMOCRAT?
SANDERS DEMOCRAT? >> IT’S GOING TO MAKE AS YOU
TURNOUT MACHINE COME NEXT WEEK.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THE AMOUNT OF
ENERGY.
ENERGY. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THE AMOUNT OF
ENERGY BERNIE SANDERS HAS.
>>WHAT BERNIE BRINGS IS MEDICARE
FOR ALL AND THE TALK OF
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM. WHERE DO YOU FALL IN THAT.
>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE NEED
FIRST AND FOREMOST AND THAT IS
TURNOUT.
TURNOUT. WHEN OUR DEMOGRAPHIC -- WHEN THE
VOTING POPULATION LOOKS LIKE A
DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATION, WE’LL
HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TWO
UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND BRINGING
A PHENOMENAL JOB BRINGING YOUNG
PEOPLE OUT TO VET.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT HE
BRINGS OUT THAT INDEPENDENT
VOTER, WHO SAYS I’M NOT A FAN OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP, TOO FAR LEFT
FOR ME.
FOR ME. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT VOTER?
>> THAT VOTER WILL LOOK AT WHAT
WE STAND FOR WITH A SET OF
VALUES.
VALUES. AND WHAT THE MORE PEOPLE WITH
CAN GET TO THE POLLS, THE BETTER
OFF ARIZONA IS GOING TO BE.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT LATINO
TURNOUT.
TURNOUT. NATIONALLY LATINO ENGAGEMENT
THIS CYCLE HAS LAGGED BEHIND
WHERE THEY WERE FOR THE
DEMOCRATS IN 2006, THE LAST TIME
DEMOCRATS HAD A BIG MIDTERM
WAVE.
WAVE. THERE’S A LOT OF THEORIES GOING
AROUND AS TO WHY LATINO
ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN LESS SO THIS
CYCLE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT.
THOUGHT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT
THERE WOULD BE A SURN.
>> I’M FROM ARIZONA BORN AND
RAISED.
RAISED. LATINOS HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PLAY
DEFENSE OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
INCLUDING COMING OUT AND ASKING
TO VOTE FOR TRUMP.
THE LATINO COMMUNITY HAS BEEN
ASKED TO PLAY DEFENSE.
VOTE AGAINST THIS, VOTE AGAINST
THAT.
THAT. WHAT WE HAVEN’T HAD IN A VERY
LONG TIME IS SOMETHING TO VOTE
FOR.
FOR. I BELIEVE THAT’S WHAT OUR
CAMPAIGN REPRESENTS.
CAMPAIGN REPRESENTS. NOW, I UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING
ON OUT THERE, THERE’S STILL A
LOT OF NEGATIVITY.
AND WHAT NEGATIVES DOES IS IT
SUPPRESSES THE VOTE.
IT GETS PEOPLE TO TURN AROUND
FROM THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.
WE NEED ENTHUSIASM AND TO GIVE
OUR LATINO COMMUNITY SOMETHING
POSITIVE THEY CAN VOTE FOR.
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME.
>> I TALKED A FEW LATINO
ARIZONANS AROUND HERE WHO FEARED
RAISING THEIR HEAD UP.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. THAT’S NEGATIVE.
THAT’S NEGATIVE. >> I WAS TAKEN ABACK BY IT.
>> WE ARE A STATE THAT’S HAD A
VERY NEGATIVE APPROACH WITH
RESPECT TO NEGOTIATIONS AND.