The race between Congressman Raul Grijalva and Republican challenger Ruth McClung gets some national attention:

It’s unusual enough that a 28-year-old rocket scientist is running for Congress. It’s unusual enough that she’s a self-proclaimed “conservative Republican” backed by the Tea Party running in a substantially liberal Arizona district. It’s unusual enough that, running in a Latino-majority district that shares hundreds of miles of border with Mexico, the candidate does not speak Spanish.

But the most unusual thing about Ruth McClung: she might actually win.

“We’re moving this race to toss-up,” said David Wasserman, House editor for the non-partisan Cook Political Report. “This is a big surprise for Democrats.”

Read the whole thing here.

This article appears in Oct 14-20, 2010.

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4 replies on “ABC News: Grijalva Challenger Ruth McClung “Might Actually Win””

  2. VIVA GRIJALVA.

    A vote for Ruth is a vote to destroy Social, Security and give the corporations more power and more money. She has already sold her positions for campaign $$$. Sure she would be more than willing to do it as a representative.

  3. The “destroy social security” smear is a real revelation. Desperate Democrats have whipped this mule since 1980. Grijalva’s campaign is evidently a leaking sack…

  4. I think it’s time to get someone into office who is a forward-thinker and who doesn’t believe in amnesty for all the illegals who have taken over Arizona. If someone wants to come to our country, they need to show they can obey the rules and the first way to do that is to follow the rules of becoming a U.S. citizen. GO RUTH!!

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