Arizona News by Alex Isenstadt

[img_assist|nid=2363|title=U.S. Rep. John Shadegg|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=175|height=214]WASHINGTON - House and Senate Republicans are rushing to the aid of U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Phoenix), the seven-term congressman who finds himself in a surprisingly difficult fight for re-election.

WASHINGTON – In an apparently concerted effort to expand its television advertising campaign to conservative districts, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is opening a front today against veteran U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Phoenix).

The committee is airing a spot targeting Shadegg on his economic record in a media buy totaling $162,000. The DCCC did not immediately provide details into the size of its ad reservation in the expensive Phoenix market between now and Election Day.

WASHINGTON – Voters in Tempe and Scottsdale glued to their television sets this weekend got a good sense of how national Democrats plan to target David Schweikert, the newly-minted Republican nominee in the 5th Congressional District.

“It’s the mismanagement pageant. And the winner is…David Schweikert!” an announcer blares in the new 30-second television advertisement aired by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee over the weekend.

[img_assist|nid=2182|title=U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|url=undefined|align=none|width=420|height=280]ST. PAUL, Minn. - U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Phoenix) acknowledged today that Senate Republicans faced fundraising difficulties heading into the fall elections, but he suggested that Democrats would fall short of the 60-seat mark needed to override a filibuster.