June 12, 2008 - 15:56
News: Arizona

Allen will still try to replace Flake on ballot

A citizens panel of Navajo County luminaries has selected three candidates to fill the seat of state Sen. Jake Flake (R-Snowflake), who died Saturday of a heart attack at age 72. Topping the list is Sylvia Tenney Allen, who is also running for the state House.

"That's just so humbling," Allen told PolitickerAZ.com of her nomination. "I'm so filled with pride and humbled. [Sen. Flake] was a great friend and a great senator." 

Allen, however, still plans to go up against state Rep. Bill Konopnicki (R-Safford) at a meeting of Republican precinct committeemen on Saturday, in hopes of being selected to replace Flake on the Republican primary ballot. Republican insiders have related that both Allen and Konopnicki have been gathering support behind them since the beginning of the week.

Also on the list are Gerry Whipple and Charlie Hendrickson. Whipple was mayor of Show Low and is a member of the Show Low school board. Hendrickson is a councilman in Snowflake.  

Evan Brown is a PolitickerAZ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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