(November 16, 2023) Take two: Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz announced his run for re-election on social media yesterday, saying that while he’s proud of the county’s strong response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s still work to be done. Heinz listed the affordable housing crisis, community safety, the climate crisis, transportation and more as priority areas going forward, saying, “we must save and reinforce the American Dream.”

(February 21) Out and in: Republican candidate Beatrice Cory Stephens dropped out of the District 2 county supervisor race, then jumped back in, the Sentinel’s Nintzel reported. Stephens is trying to win the seat held by Supervisor Matt Heinz. She posted on social media on Monday that she didn’t see a way to win and planned to drop out. But after encouragement from state Sen. Justine Wadsack and state Rep. Cory McGarr, both Republicans from Legislative District 17, Stephens decided to get back in the race.

(April 1) Missed deadline: Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz is two months late on filing his campaign finance report, the Green Valley News’ Dan Shearer reports. Heinz said the reports are usually filed by a campaign staffer and there wasn’t much fundraising activity, but he would look into it. The law says late filers should pay small fines, $10 or $25 a day, but the fines are often waived.

(May 15) Just a tad late: Pima County Supervisor Matt Heinz filed his campaign finance report 100 days after it was due, Green Valley News’ Dan Shearer reports. In theory, Heinz should pay $2,275 in fines, but candidates rarely have to actually pay those fines. Shearer wrote about Heinz’s tardiness six weeks ago. At the time, Heinz said he would look into it and “correct the situation as soon as possible,” but that turned out to be quite a while. Heinz raised $600 as of Dec. 31, with $500 of it coming from lobbyist Michael Racy.

(June 6) Challengers speak out: The Green Valley News published a Q&A with the two Republican candidates vying for the Pima County Board of Supervisors’ District 2 seat, Beatrice Cory Stephens and John Backer. Current District 2 supervisor, Democratic incumbent Matt Heinz, did not respond to the questions. The bios and the candidates’ answers to the questions have been printed without edits. The outlet says that it will run another Q&A for District 4 leading up to November’s general election.