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Arizona: Pete Hershberger

April 24, 2009 - 07:06 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

Rep. Bill Konopnicki: "I'm Sick of Russell Pearce" aka "Cut Man"

By AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

It's rare that I ever reference something from the wingnut blog Sonoran Alliance but they had a whiny post by Chewie Shofir that is worth a mention. The wingnuts are upset that all around nice guy Rep. Bill Konopnicki "was very unprofessional" and "used extremely rude language" towards Sen. Russell Pearce aka "Cut Man," one of the biggest assholes I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. Chewie on that Shofir.

From the Legislative Report -

Konopnicki said one reason for the meetings is “because the hard-right Republicans are not helping us” solve the deficit…They want to do one thing: They want to go in with a meat cleaver and chop everything,” he said.

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Mon, 05/05/2008 - 18:35

Dark horse Dem in LD9?

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

For the Arizona Democratic Party, led in the House by Rep. Phil Lopes (D-Tucson), optimism meets caution when discussing their chances at taking control of the Arizona House in November. 

"It's a moving target," said Lopes, Arizona House Minority Leader, of the drive Democrats are making to net four House seats this fall, thereby handing the speaker's gavel over to him. "Things are going on all the time."

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Fri, 05/02/2008 - 18:02

Better Know a District Race: LD26 House Republicans

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Democrats in LD26 have high hopes for this Republican-favoring district. Bolstered by the election of a Democratic senator, Charlene Pesquiera (D-Tucson), and House member, Lena Saradnik, in 2006, Democratic candidates Cheryl Cage, Rep.

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Fri, 04/04/2008 - 16:49

Better Know a District Race: LD26 Senate

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Some Republicans wrote it off as a fluke when Democrat Charlene Pesquiera beat challenger Al Melvin for the Senate seat in 2006, the result of a bad year for the GOP nationwide at every level of office. Others see it as the result of a primary that selected a candidate unsuitable in the general election, when Melvin upset the more moderate incumbent Toni Hellon.

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