Run to Win Campaigns Organization strives to help take Arizona Democrats to Victory in 2020.
The news coverage of one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Gestapo style immigrant raids at a Chandler public school in 2010 is what convinced Jon Ryder to become fully involved in Arizona Politics.
Seeing what amounted to modern-day Nazi tactics by Arpaio’s Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office propelled him to become involved in Democratic politics. By 2013, he had risen to a top leadership position as Executive Director of the Maricopa County Democratic Party.
Focusing on one level of government at a time, Ryder and other County Democratic leaders focused on turning Phoenix from purple to primarily blue.
Then, the Maricopa County Democratic Party focused on legislative and county offices. The key to success, according to Ryder was “convincing people to run for offices that Democrats hadn’t contested for years or decades.”
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