Turning lemons into lemonade, U.S. Congressman David Schweikert is using the opportunistic carpetbagging of Ben Quayle to his advantage: Ben Quayle wants you to join him on a magic carpet ride to carpetbag a new Congressional district… Why? Because Ben Quayle wants to run for Congress in Schweikert’s CD6, but there are a few problems [...]
Democrats anxious to know Giffords next move In the long year of recovery since the senseless Tucson shootings that left 6 dead and over a dozen wounded, Arizona’s U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has astonished onlookers with her valiant fight to recover. Suffering a gunshot wound to the head, she has endured surgeries and rigorous rehabilitation, moving [...]
There’s nothing Independent about AZ’s Independent Redistricting Commission This is how the daily newspaper plays the potential pitting of two conservative first-term Arizona Republican congressmen — David Schweikert and Ben Quayle — against one another in the newly drawn Congressional districts. The new maps also set up roadblocks for Congressman Paul Gosar, another conservative first termer. [...]
State senator poised to challenge congressman The word is that if Arizona’s First Congressional District lines are reconfigured to include Mohave County, freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar can expect a challenge from his far right flank. The Flagstaff dentist has been taking flak from Tea Party activists for not hanging tough on the debt-ceiling vote and [...]
