On Monday, Independent Annie Lloyd announced that she is not going to run for congress after all. Her press release didn’t mention the name of Democratic candidate Bob Lord, but this is good news for him. I doubt that Lloyd was going to get a pile of votes, but I’m sure that Lord is helped […]
Bob Lord’s vassals are touting his haul of $220,000 in his latest finance report, which out paces John Shadegg’s comparatively meager $150,000.
I guess that “Well, wait, I’m running after all” routine put a damper on Shadegg’s fundraising.
So much for that “incumbent advantage,” eh?
Am I smelling an upset here? Or is that just my new cologne?
The other day, I wrote a post where I said that despite John McCain’s personal popularity, local Republicans still seem to be in trouble. At least one poster questioned my sanity when I said that Bob Lord seems to have a chance against John Shadegg, despite the overwhelming Republican registration in the district. He even accused […]
I’m hearing various theories about John McCain’s coattails here in Arizona. I’m not buying that he’ll have much of them. Even Barry Goldwater’s candidacy didn’t produce much in the way of coattails here (even though it did in the South). His friend Richard Kleindienst lost to Democrat Sam Goddard for Governor at the same time […]
The current talk is that Bill Konopnicki is reconsidering a run for Congressional District 1. Hey, if it worked for John Shadegg…
If Rick Renzi ends up resigning, it would necessitate a special election in addition to the regular November election (you can’t get appointed to the US House). The thought is that Konopnicki could self-finance a […]
So, John Shadegg made it official…he’s running for re-election after all. This offers us Arizonenses a chance to further enjoy the fruits of the legislative brilliance of Pamela Gorman and Jim Waring.
The talk among political chaterers is that Shadegg’s resignation stunt was done to get himself a position in leadership. So much for “I need to […]
Jim Waring and Pamela Gorman put their anouncements on hold yesterday due to the possibility that John Shadegg might run anyway.
Shadegg, of course, was praised in a letter from 130 of his colleagues who wanted him reconsider his decision not to run. I wonder if decisiveness was one of the traits they liked.
Interesting (for me […]
This could ruin everyone’s plans.
A letter has been sent to John Shadegg signed by Mike Pence (who you may remember was the guy that found downtown Baghdad as safe as Indiana, at least when you have a well armed batallion with you) and 129 other Republican congressmen. They want him to stick around:
As your colleagues, […]
You think that the Republicans were going to let things be easy for Bob Lord? Naw…
I just got an e-mail from a highly placed Republican muckety muck who noted that Speaker Jim Weiers lives in the now candidateless District 3 and is looking at a run. Other folks that may go for it include Pam Gorman and […]
I just got a text from one of my vast network of sources telling me that Rep. John Shadegg will not be seeking re-election.
No explanation of course, so I have no idea what is up with this.
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