More groups target Russell Pearce

Sonoran Alliance has some excellent coverage on the latest group that has been formed to go after Russell Pearce in District 18. They do a good job covering the players and who is involved with the latest effort. It looks like I picked the right race to follow closely, since it looks like its going to be the biggest primary in the state. The Tribune article reports that there are perhaps 2 groups or more that have their sights set on this race.

The Sonoran Alliance mentions an email that they received yesterday that helps back the Tribune article. I received an email as well, I wonder if it was the same. Here is the text of what I received:

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

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Won't someone do something about this?

Russell Pearce for Arizona State Senate in Legislative District 18

That someone is YOU. and a new group named Judgment Matters.

Judgment Matters is an Arizona political committee organized to run independent expenditure campaigns. By law it cannot coordinate with any candidate's campaign and all of its activities are solely the responsibility of Judgment Matters.

One of Judgment Matters' first projects is a primary voter education and mobilization effort in Arizona Legislative District 18 - the same district from which Rep. Russell Pearce is running for the state senate.

Would you and your like-minded friends be willing TODAY to contribute $500 to activate primary voters in LD18 to oppose the promotion of Russell Pearce to the Arizona Senate?

Could you give more? Maybe $1,000 or put together a group of smaller donations totaling $1,000?

Do you know of a PAC that might be interested in supporting the effort?

Even $25 or $50 would go a long way toward helping get the truth out about Rep. Pearce's record.


A surgically-timed contribution from you and others can help excise Russell Pearce and his strain of politics from Arizona's legislature.

URGENT: Early voting ballots begin to hit voters' mailboxes next week!

A couple hundred votes one way or another could very well deliver a humiliating defeat and end a political career or be spun as vindication.

Judgment Matters wants to ensure that LD18 voters understand the stakes.

The time to act is TODAY! Before the weekend - time is extremely short.

You can also help the effort by forwarding this e-mail to others you believe agree that judgment does matter in our state legislators.

Please reply to this e-mail by the close of business Friday, July 25th. A contribution form is attached to this e-mail to ensure your contribution is delivered in a form that can be put to use immediately.

Please fill out all of the requested information and contact Judgment Matters before you drop anything in the U.S. Mail. We may be able to save you the 42 cents and, more importantly, speed the processing of the contribution by picking up the contribution from you.

Feel free to call with questions too.

Thank you in advance for any fundraising help you can provide,

Farrell Quinlan

I'd say that its fairly pointed on what their mission is. You have to assume that the same type of folks who donated to Gibbons (Pederson, Employer Sanctions opponents, Farmers, etc) will donate to this effort as well.