They’ll Welcome Him With Open Arms in the Texas Lege!
Alfredo
The author of Arizona’s racist immigration law, former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, tried to get re-elected to the Arizona legislature after he was removed from office in a recall vote last year – and fell flat on his face:
The election defeat could spell the end of the political career of Pearce, a national lion in the fight against illegal immigration who was ousted from the Senate last year in a historic recall election.
Worsley, the founder of SkyMall and several other companies, was recruited by moderate Republicans to block Pearce’s attempted comeback. Worsley won the race with 56 percent of the votes, 12,789, to Pearce’s 44 percent, 10,086.Randy Parraz, an activist who led a recall election against Pearce, said the former political heavyweight’s loss was no surprise.
“This is the same Russell Pearce who said he’d never lose a primary,” Parraz told The Arizona Republic. “He misjudged the fact that he was no longer a conservative Republican — he was an extreme Tea Party Republican. There’s no comeback for Russell Pearce — he’s done.”
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/politics/articles/20120828mesa-gop-legislative-primary-worsley-leads-pearce.html#ixzz24xc9sJPz
No need to worry about Russ Pearce – the Texas Lege is planning to include Pearce’s Mesa, Arizona home in its next attempt to drawn lines for Texas House seats!
Pearce’s defeat was delicious for us sane Arizonans to watch. With some hard work and a bit of luck we will have 5 house seats (two of them women), a new Dem. Senator and a new sheriff in Maricopa county come November. Arizona will truly have purple mountains then! BTW, another Tea Party loser was Ben Quayle. See ya, Ben!
1Ben Quayle, the worst congressman ever in the history of the country! It’s so delicious to hear that these two arrogant, ignorant men got their comeuppance, but, like Texas, Arizona has a long way to go. Time to throw out the rubbish.
2I left Arizona in 1982 and moved back to New England in large part because of the conservative politics. It’s nice to see that some of the most rabid practitioners are losing races, the Hispanic voters are flexing their muscles and Joe Arpaio may be out of a job. Jan Brewer should be nervous.
3Including Pearce’s house? I’ve seen worse gerrymandered maps than that. Piece of cake.
4Sis in Scottsdale told me on the phone yesterday that GuvJanBrewer is STEALING the money for foreclosed homes to build herself a NEW PRISON – guess they can fill it up with the likes of their RePiggery politicos, including Jan the Wicked Finger-Wagging Witch of the West~
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