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Let the great game begin! Sure we'll be following the presidential race like everybody else. But the real fun will be right in your ol' back yard. This is a magic year for Democrats. Conventional wisdom says we don't have a chance at a "veto proof" majority in Congress ...but this year, anything can happen! Click your home State ...or any of the ones that you're interested in.

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ARIZONA

The Senate: No Race...

The House:...

  • Arizona's 1st congressional district: In August 2007, incumbent Rick Renzi (R) announced he would not seek re-election,[22] four months after the FBI raided Renzi's family business as part of a federal investigation. Renzi received only 52% of the vote against his Democratic opponent – Sedona civil rights attorney Ellen Simon – in 2006; George W. Bush won 54% of the vote in this northern Arizona district in 2004 (CPVI=R+2). So far, Winslow Mayor Allan Affeldt, attorney Howard Shanker, state Representative Ann Kirkpatrick and publisher and former Phoenix TV newscaster Mary Kim Titla are declared candidates. (Simon had announced her intention to run again, but then dropped out in May 2007, citing personal reasons.) The DCCC has talked with attorney Jim Ledbetter. Other potential Democratic candidates include Arizona Department of Environmental Quality director Steve Owens; 2006 U.S. Senate candidate and wealthy real estate developer Jim Pederson, former Casa Grande mayor Bob Mitchell, who is the brother of Democratic Congressman Harry Mitchell; and Pinal County attorney Carter Olson.[23] On the Republican side of the aisle, public affairs consultant Sydney Ann Hay, who ran unsuccessfully in 2002, has announced her candidacy,[24] as has state Representative Lucy Mason. Other potential Republican candidates include state Corporation Commissioner Kristen Mayes,[25] state Senator Tom O'Halloran, and former Navajo County Supervisor Lewis Tenney.
  • Arizona's 3rd congressional district: Outspoken conservative John Shadegg (R) had announced that he would not be a candidate for reelection, however, ten days later, announced that he would seek reelection. The district votes Republican in most elections. Democratic tax attorney Bob Lord[26] outraised Shadegg in the first quarter of 2007 and even has more cash on hand than Shadegg, which could result in an unusually competitive race. Shadegg is being challenged in the primary by former State Representative Steve May. Shadegg's 2006 opponent, consultant Herb Paine, has announced his support for Independent candidate Annie Loyd. Libertarian Mark Yannone is also running.[27]
  • Arizona's 5th congressional district: Freshman Harry Mitchell (D) unseated conservative J.D. Hayworth (R) by 50% to 47% in this Republican-leaning district (CPVI=R+4) in the northeastern Phoenix suburbs that gave George W. Bush 54% of the vote in 2004. The largely Republican nature of this district make a tough 2008 race likely, though Mitchell, who has a government complex in Tempe named after him, has won a lot of tough elections in the past. He will be seriously opposed in 2008. Former state Representative Laura Knaperek,[28] Maricopa County Treasurer David Schweikert, state Representative Mark Anderson and attorney Jim Ogsbury have announced their candidacies.
House Retirements:...
Arizona's 1st congressional district: Rick Renzi(R)

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