Anthony Prowell is the new entry into Congressional District 8 race.
He filed paperwork to run as a Democrat, which would pit him against U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords if she decides to run for her seat again.
But Prowell said the party has given him the cold shoulder, and he may change to run as a Green, instead.
He's an elementary special education teacher who says people want Congress to create jobs and protect Social Security and Medicare.
Gov. Jan Brewer has made publicized visits to Tucson a rarity this year.
Granted, it's not her turf. She was outdueled in Pima County voting last year by the non-effervescent Terry Goddard in a predictable, yet closer than expected outcome for the Democratic leaning area. Goddard had 50.1 percent of the votes to Brewer's 47.1 percent.
Still, Tucson is part of Arizona -- those dreamers in the Baja Arizona movement notwithstanding -- and it would be nice to see our governor a bit more often.
Now, the lure of hundreds of officials from Arizona's cities and towns has captured her attention. Brewer has accepted an invitation to speak Thursday at the League of Arizona Cities and Towns annual conference at Tucson's J.W. Marriott resort at Starr Pass.
My colleague Christopher Conover will be there to cover her speech for Arizona Illustrated, and the governor will sit down with me and a video crew for an interview afterward, also for Arizona Illustrated.
We have a healthy list of questions for Brewer, but we can always use more. Submit your questions in the Comments section below, then watch Arizona Illustrated at 6:30 p.m. Friday on PBS-HD-6 for the interview. We will plan to ask some of your questions as well as our own.
News, commentary, analysis from the AZPM political team: Christopher Conover, Andrea Kelly, Michael Chihak.
