♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

ELECTION RESULTS SHOW THAT ARIZONA VOTERS GAVE DEMOCRATS A CLEAN SWEEP OF THE STATE'S HIGHEST POLITICAL OFFICES, ALONG A GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING BOTH THE STATE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES.

FOR AN UPDATE OF THE RESULTS AND ANALYSIS OF JUST WHAT HAPPENED WE WELCOME BARRETT MARSON OF MARSON MEDIAAND STACY PEARSON FROM LUMEN STRATEGIES.

STACY, WE WILL START WITH YOU.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> WHAT HAPPENED IS THERE ARE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE HURTING.

LOTS HERE IN ARIZONA.

FOOD ASSISTANCE RAN OUT.

WHOSE RENT HAS GONE UP.

WHO CANNOT FIND A JOB.

DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.

THOSE FOLKS ARE MAD.

TED: THEY ARE MAD.

ARE THEY ALSO SAYING I AM NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE GUY IN THE WHITE HOUSE ANY MORE?

>> 100%.

I MEAN, THAT WAS A SWING AT TRUMP AND CONNECTED.

I MEAN, HE HAS LOST IT ALL.

I MEAN, THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT HOW HAPPY HE WAS, THE GOVERNOR OF GUAM IS NOW A REPUBLICAN, WHEN THAT IS THE BIG WIN OF THE NIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE COLLAPSED?

TED: YEAH.

THIS SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A REFERENDUM ON TRUMP.

IF YOU HAD "R" NEXT TO THE NAME, YOU WERE ADIOS.

>> I APPRECIATE YOUR STAFF.

INSTEAD OF WATER, THIS IS VODKA.

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY I AM GOING TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

LOOK.

IT WAS AN ASS WHOOPING, TED.

I AM SORRY TO USE HARSH LANGUAGE.

IT WAS JUST BAD.

IT LIES AT THE FEET OF ONE MAN AND HIS POLICIES.

YOU KNOW?

I THINK, I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD SAY IT WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T BE VASTLY DIFFERENT IF THERE WAS NO IRAN WAR AND GAS PRICES WERE NOT AT 2.75, 3.

INSTEAD THEY ARE AT$4.05,$5 EVEN.

>> AND DIESEL.

>> WE HAVE SOME FARMERS HERE IN ARIZONA, IN THE MIDWEST, IT IS ALL FARM COUNTRY.

GOSH, IN IOWA, THERE WAS GUY, GUY, DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATE WHO STOPPED CAMPAIGNING AND HE WON.

TED: IN ARIZONA, YOU HAD TURNING POINT ACTION, TURNING POINT ACTION PACT, ALL SORTS OF ACTION HERE.

THE IDEA WAS, LET'S GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S RACE.

LET'S START WITH THIS NOW.

VERY MUCH BEHIND ANDY BIGGS.

NOT SURE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS BEHIND ANDY BIGGS.

THE FUND-RAISING WAS WEAK AS OPPOSED TO TURNING POINT.

ANDY BIGGEST NEVER IN THIS THING.

>> NO.

MONEY FOLLOWS MOMENTUM.

HE DID NOT HAVE EITHER.

NONE OF THAT EVER CAUGHT FIRE.

THE GOVERNOR IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCIPLINED FUND-RAISER, AND GOT ON THE AIRWAVES EARLY, EXPLAINED THE WORST VOTES HE EVER TOOK IN THE LEGISLATURE.

HE COULD NOT ESCAPE IT.

HE COULD NOT BUY THE WAY OUT OF THAT KIND OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY.

SHE TORCHED HIM.

>> YEAH.

UNFORTUNATELY, TED.

I AM OLD ENOUGH, LITERALLY TO REMEMBER THOSE FOLKS THAT ANDY BIGGEST TOOK.

AND THEY WERE QUESTIONABLE THEN.

AND NOW, THEY WERE HIS DEATH NOW.

AND NOW, THEY WERE ANCHOR AROUND HIM.

FOR THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN.

HE COULD NOT ESCAPE IT.

YOU KNOW, HE NEVER IN HIS LIFE HAD TO TALK TO A DEMOCRAT, MUCH LESS GET THEIR VOTE, AND IT SHOWED.

>> LET'S NOT FORGET WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF SECONDS AGO, THOUGH.

HE WAS TIED TO DONALD TRUMP AS CLOSE, AS ALMOST ANYONE ON CAPITOL HILL.

>> OF COURSE.

HE WAS NOT INSURRECTIONIST.

HE WAS THERE ON JANUARY6th.

HE TRIED TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS OF AN ELECTION.

HE WAS RUNNING AGAINST THE WOMAN THAT HELD THE LINE, KATIE HOBBS WAS THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WHO OVERTED A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, WHEN HE AND OTHER LUNATICS, TIN FOIL HAT PEOPLE CAME UP WITH THE SCHEME TO OVERTURN THE RESULTS.

>> YOU MENTIONED TURNING POINT, TED.

THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF TAKING$20MILLION AND PUTTING IT ON RED AND TAKE ONE SHOT.

THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER USE OF THE MONEY THAN BURNING ON HOW MANY TEXT MESSAGES DID WE ALL GET?

DID YOUR VIEWERS GET?

>> YEAH.

SECRETARY OF STATE RACE, EASY WIN AGAIN.

YOU SPEAK ABOUT ELECTION DENIALISM.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, THIS WAS GUY THAT CAME OUT OF THE PRIMARY AGAINST, YOU KNOW, A CANDIDATE THAT SEEMED LIKE SHE WAS RELATIVELY, WELL, THEY WERE HUNTING.

YEAH.

THEY COULD STAND HER.

BUT GOODNESS, GRACIOUS.

THAT IS A MODERATE.

THAT IS TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVE.

TRADITIONAL REPUBLICAN.

ALEXANDER, TP ALL THE WAY.

MAGA ALL THE WAY.

>> ELECTION DENIER.

HE IS OUT.

HE IS OUT.

>> AS IS HIS PROP 144.

AND THAT IS LOOKING LIKELY TO BE DEFEATED IN FULL DISCLOSURE.

WE ARE RUNNING THE OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN.

WE WERE WORK ON THAT AS WELL.

I MEAN, BAD POLICY.

BAD CANDIDACY.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST TPUSA IS HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME FIELDING, COACHING CANDIDATES TO WIN A GENERAL ELECTION.

YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM, I THINK, STACY, IS TOO SOFT.

THEY ARE BAD PEOPLE.

NOT BAD CANDIDATES.

ALEX IS A BAD PERSON.

AND SO, UM, AND I THINK VOTERS RESPONDED TO THAT.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE WANT YOU HERE BECAUSE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AISLE, SO FAR,.

>> LET ME TAKE MORE VODKA.

TED: DRINK UP A SECOND.

WE WILL GO TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE.

AGAIN, NOT CLOSE.

YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE STATE SENATE ON THE LOSING SIDE HERE.

HE DID NOT RESIDE OVER THE CYBER NINJA WHAT HAVE YOU.

WHATEVER THAT WAS.

THIS IS NOT CLOSE.

>> NOT EVEN CLOSE.

WHAT I FIND INTEREST ABOUT THIS SLATE.

WE GOT GOVERNOR HOBBS WHO IS MODERATE.

WE HAVE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAES WHO WAS ANTI-TRUMP.

JOINED EVERY FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEY BOTH WON.

THIS IS REBUKE PRESIDENT.

>> THAT IS IMPORTANT POINT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT.

KATIE HOBBS PLAYING DOWN THE MIDDLE.

CHRIS IS GOING FAR LEFT.

WHO IS GOING TO HAVE THE BETTER STRATEGY?

QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK, KATIE HOBBS GOT ANOTHER VOTES.

>> ALL OF THE ABOVE.

>> RIGHT.

YEAH.

>> IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER.

>> IN THE LONG RUN.

RIGHT.

RIGHT.

TED: LET'S KEEP IT MOVING HERE.

SUPERINTENDENT OF INSTRUCTION.

KIMBERLY YEE HAS BEEN KIND OF THE BEST OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, IT SEEMS LIKE.

IT IS SHE MAGA?

>> I DISAGREE.

TED: YOU DISAGREE.

THE MOST VOTES IN THE LAST GO AROUND.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY?

AT THAT TIME, REPUBLICANS,WHO COULDN'T STOMACH CARRY LAKE.

THEY CAME HOME AND THEY VOTED THEIR DNA.

SO THEY VOTED FOR KIMBERLY YEE WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT HER.

SHE WAS NOT TPUSA AT THE SIM.

SHE GOT THE MOST AMOUNT OF VOTES FOUR YEARS AGO.

SHE COULD NOT SURVIVE REPUBLICANS.

REMEMBER, IT IS REPUBLICANS WHO DIDN'T VOTE A REPUBLICAN TICKET.

>> WASHED AWAY IN A BLUE TSUNAMI.

SHE IS A VICTIM.

>> SHE WAS ONE OF THE WORST LEGISLATURES ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO CHOOSE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO HAVE NOT FORGOT THAN.

TREASURE'S RACE, THIS IS ALMOST ALWAYS GOING TO A REPUBLICAN.

MEAN, IF A DEMOCRAT WINS-- OR LEADS THE TREASURE.

OH, LOOK AT THAT.

I MEAN, HOLY SMOKES.

DEMOCRATS ARE YOU GUYS PREPARED FOR THE TREASURE'S OFFICE?

>> OF COURSE.

ELIJAH NORTON WAS TERRIBLE CANDIDATE.

I MEAN, THIS GUY MADE HIS MONEY ON JUNK CAR WARRANTEES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHEN THE CAR BREAKS DOWN AND TRYING TO GET TO WORK.

I MEAN, THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE TERRIBLE CANDIDATE THAT THE REPUBLICANS FIELDED.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

LOOK.

NO OFFENSE.

BUT TREASURES IS A LOW INFORMATION RACE.

YES, THE REPUBLICAN USUALLY WINS.

IN FACT, TED, I AM NOT SURE IF YOU WERE A TEENAGER THE LAST TIME, THERE WAS DEMOCRATIC TREASURE.

I DON'T THINK I WAS BORN THE LAST TIME THERE WAS DEMOCRATIC TREASURE.

THAT IS HOW BAD, YOU KNOW?

WE ARE NOT TALKING NECESSARILY ABOUT NONCONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE, THE MINE INSTRUCTOR, A DEMOCRATIC MINE INSTRUCTOR.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?

>> YES.

>> YES.

YOU KNOW?

NO ONE KNOWS THAT RACE.

BUT PEOPLE SAID, DE, ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.

ABSOLUTELY.

RAY GAIN, IT WAS REPUBLICANS WHO SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WHAT IS GOING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, SO I WILL VOTE FOR DEMOCRATIC TREASURE IN A DEMOCRATIC MINE INSPECTOR OF ALL THINGS.

TED: LET'S GO TO CORPORATION COMMISSIONER.

WE HAD TWO SEATS OPEN HERE.

THE CORPORATION COMMISSION, AGAIN, SOME LOW INFORMATION ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE.

BUT STILL, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF HERE.

>> IT IS.

TED: IT AFFECTS A LOT OF THINGS.

TWO DEMOCRATS?

>> WELL, IN PARTICULAR DOLLARS PRATT IS SUCH A SUCCESS STORY BECAUSE THE NAVAJO NATION HAD THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE LAST NIGHT.

THAT WAS BATTLE OF THE TITANS.

A GUY WHO WAS ON THE VICE PRESIDENT ON THE SPEAKER'S TICKET AND CHALLENGER WAS A GUY THAT FILED SUIT AGAINST IN 2014, SO NAVAJO NATION TURNOUT IS HITTING A NEW RECORD AND IT HELPS THAT PRATT IS A MEMBER OF THE NATION.

>> INTERESTING.

TED: WELL, WE'LL GET TO JONATHAN IN A SECOND HERE.

CORPORATION COMMISSIONER AGAIN, LOW INFORMATION, LOTS OF FOLKS.

THEY VOTED DEMOCRAT.

>> YEP.

>> YEP.

BUT TED, ONE THING TO NOTE, REPUBLICANS STILL CONTROL.

>> SPICY.

WITH.

>> WE LOVE SPICY.

YES WE DO.

I LIKE MY FOOD AND POLITICS SPICY.

>> AMISH SHAH, THE BEST GROUND GAME IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS TED: YES.

>> HE WAS BOMBARDED WITH NEGATIVE ADS.

PEOPLE TUNED IT OUT.

TED: TALK ABOUT THAT.

ANYONE WHO WATCHES A SPORTING EVENT AROUND HERE WAS INUNDATED WITH AMISH SHAH DID THIS.

>> NEGATIVE ON ALL SIDES.

>> I KNOW.

U WATCH SUNDAY FOOTBALL.

TED: ARE PEOPLE TIRED?

DO THEY TUNE THAT OUT IN THE DOES IT STILL WORK?

>> I THINK IT STILL WORKS QUITE FRANKLY.

NEGATIVE ADVERTISING DOES WORK.

WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING SUNDAY FOOTBALL, YOU SAW A NEGATIVE A I AMISH AD, A NEGATIVE JAY FEELY AD THEN A POSITIVE AMISH AD.

IT WAS BOMBARDING.

>> WHICH WE MUST EXPECT.

TED: WE GOT TO KEEP MOVING HERE.

WE ARE GETTING CLOSE HERE.

CD2.

ELYE CRANE AND JONATHAN NEZ.

HOLY SMOKES, WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?

A NAIL BITER THIS IS ABSURDLY CLOSE CONSIDERING WHAT WE THOUGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

>> I DID NOT--THIS IS ONE I CALLED.

THE NAVAJO NATION TURNOUT WAS GOING TO BLOW THE DOORS OFF.

BECAUSE OF WHO WAS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET.

THE NAVAJO NATION NEVER GET.

IT'S THE RESPECT IT DESERVES FOR HOW MUCH IT INFLUENCES THE OUTCOME OF DEMOCRATIC RACES IN ARIZONA.

PEOPLE FOR GET.

A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTE THAT COME DO IN WINDOW ROCK.

WE ARE CELEBRATING IN THE GREEN ROOM AND WITH WE KNEW KATIE HOBBS WAS GOING TO WIN BECAUSE THE VOTES CAST ON NAVAJO.

THIS IS WHAT I EXPECTED.

>> I WOULD SAY THIS DISTRICT IS NOT JUST A REPUBLICAN DISTRICT.

IT WAS BUILD FOR A MAGA CANDIDATE.

SO TO SEE IT BE THIS CLOSE.

TED: YEAH.

AND, ARE AND, LET'S GO TO CD6.

WE'LL START WITH YOU ON THIS.

THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NIP AND TALK.

JUAN CISCOMANI.

>> JOANNA MENDOZA.

>> HE COULD NOT FIGHT THINK WAVE.

THE BLUE TO RENT OF VOTES.

I THINK JUAN CISCOMANI IS THE BETTER CONGRESSMAN IN THE STATE.

I WAS TOUGH TO SURVIVE.

TED: MENDOZA HAD A STORY.

SHE DID.

VOTED WITH THE PRESIDENT 99% OF THE TIME.

AT SOME POINT HE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SPEAKER JOHNSON.

DO YOU WANT THE SEAT OR THE VOTE?

TED: YEAH.

>> THIS REALLY IS.

THIS IS THE ISSUE.

THEY COULDN'T.

HE COULD NOT DETECT HIMSELF.

>> HERE IS THE THING, THOUGH, I THINK IF JUAN DID THAT.

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

TED: YEAH.

HONESTLY, WE ARE TALK NUANCE HERE.

THERE WAS A HECK OF A LOT OF NUANCE IN ANYTHING WE HAVE SEEN UP THERE.

ONE PROPOSITION I WANT TO GET TO IS 144.

YOU VOTE.

YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR I.D.

IF YOU WANT TO VOTE EARLY.

HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

>> I GUESS YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> IT WAS ONE OF THE DUMBEST PROPOSITIONS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER.

>> YES.

>> AND SO, STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES.

THANKFULLY VOTERS SAW THAT.

>> MAN, SO WE WORKED ON THE CAMPAIGN ON THIS.

WE STARTED 60 DAYS AGO WITH THE YES VOTE IN THE '80'S.

SO THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAD WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY TO TELL VOTERS THAT THIS WAS JUST A PILE OF DOG POO WAS RECORD, THAT I AM PROUD OF.

>> THE PROBLEM IS, THAT INITIATIVE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS REQUIRING I.D.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS GREAT.

>> YEAH.

>> ONLY.

>> THE DEVIL IN THOSE DETAILS.

TED: YES.

>> WOULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS.

TED: IT SEEMED LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, YOU ARE NOT QUITE SURE, MOVE ON.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

WE GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT HERE.

STACY, WE WILL START YOU.

>> YEAH.

TED: IT SOUNDS LIKE DEMOCRATS ON BOTH CHAMBERS-- AM I HALLUCINATING HERE.

IT IS NO AT FEVER DREAM.

THIS IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.

THE QUESTION ALWAYS IS WELL NOW, WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO?

TED: YES.

>> NO ONE RUNS IN THE OFFICE TO STAY IN THE MINORITY FOREVER.

SHE HAS BEEN PLANNING THIS SINCE SHE JOINED 12 YEARS A, 16, 18?

THIS IS REALLY FUN.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS MEETING ON THE STAGE NOW FOR THE NEXT CAUCUS.

IT WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR SURE.

IN THAT THERE WAS SOME-- THERE WAS NOT JUST MODERATE MIDDLE.

YOU KNOW, THERE WERE VERY RED DISTRICTS THAT WENT DEMOCRATIC.

THAT WAS THE MOST, AGAIN, ALL, I MEAN, FROM THE TOP.

THAT ONE MAN, AND IT FLOWED ALL THE WAY DOWN, IF WE ELECTED DOG CATCHERS , THAT GUY WOULD BE A DEMOCRAT.

>> TO STACY'S POINT NOW.

THE GOVERNOR HAS THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP.

CAMPAIGNING AND GOVERNING?

>> ROCK THEM, SOCK THEM ACTION HERE.

IT IS IT KUMBAYA FOR AWHILE.

WE CANNOT DELIVER FOR THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA.

IT IS PUTTING A GUARDRAIL ON ESA.

I MEAN, IT IS GETTING FOLKS ASSISTANCE.

GETTING PEOPLE BACK ON SNAP.

MAKING MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS.

>> I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT THEIR DESIRE TO GO FULL WOKE IF YOU WILL.

BECAUSE REPUBLICANS GAVE THEM THIS VICTORY.

REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO SEE TOO FAR LEFT OF A SWING.

WITH THAT IN MIND.

LAST QUESTION.

DID REPUBLICANS LEARN A LESSON OR IN TWO YEARS ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE SAME SORT OF THING?

>> MY HOPE IS, THAT THIS IS LIKE ROCK BOTTOM.

REPUBLICANS GO TO REHAB.

INSTEAD OF THE LIQUOR STORE.

TED: ARE YOU HEARING?

ARE YOU HEARING THEM MAKE THE PLEDGE?

>> I SAID HOPE.

OK.

HOPE.

TED: HOPE AND CHANGE NOW FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS AISLE.

>> COME ON.

>> GIVE ME HOPE.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

GIVE ME HOPE.

GIVE YOU EVERYTHING.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

VERY INTERESTING TIMES AHEAD.

SURE.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> DELORES COFOUNDED THE UNITED FARMWORKER'S UNIT AND CIVIL RIGHTS ICON AND FEMININE ACTIVISTS DIED LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 90 AND LEFT QUITE A LEGACY.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS JOE GARCIA.

>> WHO WAS DELORES HUERTA?

>> SHE WAS DESCRIBED AND SO SO MUCH MORE.

SHE WAS A FEMINIST LEADER.

A UNION LEADER.

A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER.

A VOTER EMPOWERMENT LEADER.

A LEADER THAT DID IT BY ACTION.

SHE DID A LOT OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES, OF COURSE.

BUT I TELL YOU, SHE TRAVELED SO MUCH, EVEN UNTIL RECENT YEARS, SHE TRAVELED, SHE TRAVELED BY HERSELF.

TED: YEAH.

>> ENTOURAGE AND SHOWED UP WHERE PEOPLE NEEDED HER TO BE.

SHE WAS ALWAYS FULL OF LIFE, ENERGY, SHE WAS SO INSPIRATIONAL ACROSS THE BOARD TO SO MANY PEOPLE, WHEN SHE PASSED, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU COULD NOT AVOID SEEING HER PICTURED WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS REACHED OUT AND TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE.

TED: YES.

I KNOW YOU TACKED TO HER.

YOU WERE FENS WITH HER OBVIOUSLY.

HOW DID SHE GO FROM A SCHOOL TEACHER TO A LABOR UNION ICON.

WHAT WAS THAT PATH LIKING?

SHE HAD A CALLING, I THINK, SHE HAD A CALLING FOR THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND WITH WHAT THAT MEANT.

EVENTUALLY FARMWORKERS THEN LARGER FEMINISM, THAT CAME A PART.

SHE WAS VERY PRO LGBQT COMMUNITY, BUT THERE WAS CHANGE THROUGHOUT THAT.

SHE STARTED OFF SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE.

HER VALUES AND FAITH AND COMES FROM WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND CONSERVATIVE IN EARLY YEARS LATER SHE WAS OUT-FRONT WITH PRO CHOICE.

I MEAN, THERE IS EVOLUTION, IF YOU LOOK AT HER WHOLE LIFE, WHERE SHE WAS GOING.

SHE WAS AT THE CREST OF CHANGE, LEADING CHANGE, SHE DID IT BY FOCUSING ON THE ISSUE, AND SHE NEVER MADE THE FOCUS ON HERSELF.

TED: YEAH.

I THIS THAT I MADE HER MORE EFFECTIVE.

TED: AS A SCHOOL TEACHER.

OBVIOUSLY, PROBABLY A VERY GOOD SCHOOLTEACHER.

OBVIOUSLY MUCH NEEDED IN THAT PARTICULAR PROFESSION.

YOU SAW HUNGRY KIDS, HUNGRY KIDS, KIDS NEEDING SHOES, THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

THAT SEEMED LIKE THAT REALLY RILED HER UP?

>> YEAH.

SHE SAW THE INJUSTICES.

THE WAY MANY PEOPLE TURN AWAY AND PRETEND LIKE THEY DON'T SEE IT.

SHE DOVE INTO IT.

SHE BROUGHT ATTENTION TO IT.

AND MORE THAN THAT, SHE GAVE PEOPLE THE ENERGY TO PUSH FOR CHANGE, SO SHE COULD VISIT A COMMUNITY, AN EFFICIENT AND LEAVE, BUT WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND WAS IN ENERGY, POSITIVE ALTITUDE THINGS COULD CHANGE.

SHE COINED THE PHRASE HERE IN PHOENIX, IN 1972, DURING A HUNGER FAST.

SHE COINED THAT PHRASE, THAT WE STILL USE TODAY, IN POLITICS, IN BELIEF, AND, AND, THE THING IS, SHE WAS GENUINE.

SHE WAS NOT A POLITICIAN.

WHAT SHE SAID, SHE FELT.

YOU FELT THAT IN HER PRESENCE.

>> I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THAT.

WHEN YOU PRN THE PRESENCE.

SHE IS INSPIRING AS YOU SAID M. SHE WOULD LEAVE TOWN.

EVERYONE WAS ALREADY TO GO HERE.

BUT I THOUGHT SHE HAD TO HAVE BEEN A TOUGH, TOUGH, TOUGH NEGOTIATOR.

I MEAN, DO YOU?

TRUE?

>> TOUGH NEGOTIATOR.

OBVIOUSLY, WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNION CONTRACT.

AND DEALING WITH CORPORATIONS, SO FORTH.

SHE UNDERSTOOD THE LANGUAGE OF A CONTRACT, BUT VERY SOFT PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO INSPIRATION.

SHE HADED A POWERFUL SPIRIT SPEAKING BUT ON ONE-ON-ONES THAT I HAD WITH HER.

I TELL YOU, I DWIGHT FRANKLY, WE DID A LOT OF AND STILL DO, NONPARTISAN VOTER ENGAGEMENT.

SEE, THIS IS A BIG TASK.

I DON'T KNOW IF I AM UP TO NET AM SHE GRABBED MY HAND AND LEAD!

LEANED FORWARD AND SAID "YOU CAN DO THIS.

I KNOW YOU WILL DO.

YOU CAN DO THIS.

"."

>> YES.

>> AT THE MOMENT, IT IS WHAT I NEEDED.

OK.

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED AND CALLED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.

THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AND PARTLY BECAUSE I NEVER LOOKED BACK AFTER THAT MOMENT.

YEAH.

CAN DO THIS.

WE CAN DO THIS.

TED: THAT IS A SPECIAL PERSON.

THAT IS A SPECIAL PERSON WHO CAN CONNECT LIKE TO.

A SPECIAL PERSON WHO LATER IN LIFE MADE HEADLINES AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE CLAIMS AGAINST CESAR CHAVEZ, THE SEXUAL ABUSE, LEAD TO THE BIRTH OF TWO CHILDREN, ALL A SECRET.

HOW MUCH A SHOCK WAS THAT?

AND WHAT DID THAT DO TO HER LEGACY?

>> WELL, IT IS STILL BEING DEVELOPED.

I WAS FALL FROM CASE FROM FOR CESAR CHAVEZ.

PERHAPS WE ELEVATED HIM TOO HIGH.

WE ACTUALLY IGNORED HER TOO MUCH.

EVEN THOUGH SHE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES, WAS A PARTNER WITH HIM, IN THE MOVEMENT, HE GOT A LOT OF THE CREDIT.

HE GOT THE STATUTES.

HE GOT THE AVENUES NAMED AFTER HIM.

THE PROGRAMS SO FORTH.

SHE NEVER WENT THAT.

BUT LATER ON, WHEN DISCUSSED IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" STORY.

SHE MENTIONED SHE WAS NOT A VICTIM, SHE WAS SURVIVOR.

I THINK SHE, SHE USES THIS NARRATIVE FOR OTHER WOMEN WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, ORDEAL RECOGNIZING SHE IS NOT ALONE.

SHE CAME FORWARD ONLY BECAUSE OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED IT AS WELL.

WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SUFFERED SEXUAL ABUSE, EMOTIONAL ABUSE, THAT SURVIVORS NOT JUST VICTIMS.

THINK THAT I GOES BACK TO THE EMPOWERMENT.

WE NEED TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE AND DO.

SO PEOPLE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SHE HELPED THAT MOVE FORWARD.

SHE HELPED, SHE HELPED THE WHOLE MOVEMENT MOVE FORWARD.

AT ONE POINT, SHE KEPT SILENT SO LONG BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID OF WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THE MOVEMENT, SHE WAS AFRAID IT WOULD COMPROMISE EVERYTHING THAT HAD BEEN DONE, AND NEEDED TO GET DONE.

DID SHE HAVE A POINT.

SHE DID.

AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS HER PERSONIFIED BECAUSE, SHE WAS ALWAYS ABOUT THE MOVEMENT FIRST.

ALWAYS.

EVEN ABOVE HERSELF AND WHAT SHE WAS GOING THROUGH AND KEPT FOR SO MANY YEARS.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO KNOW HER PERSONALLY.

THEY KNEW ABOUT IT.

SHE INSISTED THAT NO ONE ELSE KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL SHE SAW SHE HAD TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE THE OTHER WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT HAD BEEN VICTIMIZED.

AND THEY WERE SURVIVORS AND SHE WANTED TO EMPOWER THEM BY SAYING, LOOK, WHAT THEY ARE I SAG IS TRUE.

I ALSO WENT THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE.

TED: SUCH A LIFE.

MEAN, 96 YEARS.

SO MANY OF THEM DOING SO MUCH BEING SO ACTIVE.

WHERE FROM WHERE YOU SIT, US WHAT THE LEGACY OF DOLORES HUERTA.

THE LEGACY, THERE WAS A LOT TO PROCESS THE LAST YEAR.

OF COURSE, HER PASSING IS HARD.

BUZZ I DO THINK THAT SHE IS GOING TO BE ELEVATED IN HISTORY.

I SEE THAT EVEN HERE IN PHOENIX.

WE ARE GOING TO SEE MORE MURALS, MORE EDUCATION AMONG THE NEW GENERATIONS WHO HAVE SHE WAS.

I THINK WE ARE GOING TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW WHAT?

PERHAPS, AS A CULTURE, AS A COMMUNITY.

WE WERE GUILTY, AT LEAST, SOMEWHAT COMPLICIT, IN NOT RECOGNIZING A WOMEN'S ROLE AND THE INVALUABLE ROLE SHE PLAYED IN THE.

TED: JOE GARCIA, OF CHICANOS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

TED: AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.