June 27, 2008 - 17:29
News: Arizona

Tom drops out of re-election race

State Rep. Albert Tom (D-Chambers) has withdrawn his nominating petition, ending his bid for re-election.

Tom's signatures were challenged by Democratic primary competitor Mark Haughwout, who is running for a House seat in the 2nd Legislative District. Haughwout contended, successfully, that many of those Tom got to sign his petition to get on the primary ballot were ineligible to do so.

According to an official at the Maricopa County Superior Court, where the challenge was to be heard, Tom withdrew his petition after it became apparent he did not have a sufficient number of valid signatures to get on the Democratic primary ballot.

Haughwout also challenged the signatures of Chris Clark Deschene, another candidate in the LD2 primary, but the result of that hearing is not known at this time.

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

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