McSally ahead by 1-point while Ducey cruising by 19 points in HighGround’s latest statewide survey PHOENIX (October 29, 2018) – With only a few days left until the recommended deadline to mail in ballots, the top two candidates in the race for the United States Senate are locked in a dead heat with only one…
From the Arizona Republic By: Paul Bentz, Senior Vice President – Research & Strategy The August 2018 Primary Election had “record” turnout and the “blue wave” is real. Both of these statements are true, but to borrow a famous line from Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, “I do not think it means what you…
Hon. John S. McCain By: J. Charles Coughlin My father was born in Boston and attended Dartmouth and Michigan law after World War II. He was a corporate labor lawyer in Detroit, Michigan from the late 1950’s until his retirement in the late 1990’s. Our nightly dinner table conversation would fairly regularly focus on some…
I returned about 10 days ago from a blissful vacation and retreat in Vancouver as well as the Brew Creek Centre outside of Whistler, British Columbia. My wife, Patricia, and I had a great retreat with twenty or so new friends. It was led by Donny Starkins and assisted by Adam Maielau. Preparing to come…
Here at HighGround, we have been keeping track the direction of the State of Arizona (or what we euphemistically call Arizona’s “Happiness Index”) since 2009. Back then, we were plunged deep into those dark and cold economic days: 30% of the State budget, or about $3 Billion dollars, was missing; unemployment and bankruptcies were skyrocketing;…