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Topic: Democrat Ron Barber wins
Gabby Giffords´s seat in Arizona |
Democrat Ron Barber wins
Gabby Giffords´s seat in Arizona
The Hill [Washington DC], by Brendan Sasso
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Original Article
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/17/2012 7:12:37 PM
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| Democratic Rep. Ron Barber has won a full term in Arizona´s 2nd District after narrowly defeating Republican Martha McSally, the Associated Press said Saturday. Barber was the district director for Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords and was wounded in the mass shooting in 2011 that killed six people and seriously injured the congresswoman. Giffords stepped down earlier this year to focus on her recovery.Giffords endorsed Barber, who won a special election in June to fill the remainder of her term. His bid for a full term, however, proved to be excruciatingly close.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 11/17/2012 7:22:00 PM (No. 9021183)
Giffords won reelection only because a purported libertarian ran on a third party line.
Arizona has really shifted into a nitwit state, after being relatively sane for a long time.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
horacer, 11/17/2012 7:43:36 PM (No. 9021198)
#1 You are absolutely right. Only nitwit is too mild a term. My new congress-thing is a bi-sexual socialist who thinks stay at home moms are leeches. JD Heyworth used to represent my district. As a kid it was John Rhodes. Raul Grijalva an admitted drunken communist is no longer the worst member of congress from Arizona.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
quark, 11/17/2012 8:18:52 PM (No. 9021217)
Sad day for Arizona & the country.
Ms. McSally was the better qualified candidate
but she lost the ´sympathy vote´.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
losgatos, 11/17/2012 8:25:14 PM (No. 9021223)
Sorry #2 but you´re wrong. Grijalva is still the worst if only because he´s MY congresscommie.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Hobbiest, 11/17/2012 8:29:23 PM (No. 9021227)
I pity people there. Arizona has become home to many fleeing Californians who, alas, often bring their voting habits with them. Also many affluent retirees from places such as Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa prefer Arizona to Florida.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DaddyO, 11/17/2012 9:10:59 PM (No. 9021256)
See you in 2014 Ron, without the nitwit Obama voters.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Heraclitus, 11/17/2012 9:20:20 PM (No. 9021257)
darn it. McSally is fantastic, so accomplished, fearless. We sure could have used her in Congress.
Too many people vote with their feeeelings, emotions, "lady parts" (as recommended by Demmies).
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 11/17/2012 9:38:14 PM (No. 9021267)
McSally is a terrific candidate. Her defeat to this twerp barber is a matter of hIghest regret.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Avikingman, 11/17/2012 10:24:19 PM (No. 9021300)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Avikingman, 11/17/2012 10:26:10 PM (No. 9021303)
It´s the people ´s seat.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
john56, 11/17/2012 10:28:44 PM (No. 9021304)
Probably those late ballots from Port St Lucie County Florida put the RAT over the top.
We´ll get this seat in 2014.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Poliskeptic, 11/17/2012 10:30:26 PM (No. 9021305)
Just to pour some salt into the wound....
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
horacer, 11/17/2012 11:07:29 PM (No. 9021327)
#4 let´s call it a tie. Sinema will make Debbie Schultz look like a right winger.
What´s really sad is Republicans won the overall House popular vote in Arizona by the same margin Romney won, 53-44, but Democrats won the seat battle 5 to 4. With Grijalva, Sinema and Pastor we have three representatives whose ACU rating is in negative numbers.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Twiggy, 11/18/2012 1:36:16 AM (No. 9021430)
The vote count in that race kept shifting back and forth. It was very close. I think she should have demanded a recount,
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mws50, 11/18/2012 4:56:45 AM (No. 9021474)
Arizona, find out how the democrat stole that seat and prevent it next time.
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