— Giffords makes CD8 a stunning Democratic landside.

— Munsil soundly defeats Goldwater’s name ID.

— Graf beats big-money Huffman.

— Right wing (Melvin, Munsil, late surger Griffin) out in force.

— So long, Ted Downing.

— Captain Al Melvin uses the Clean Elections system to pull off a big upset against incumbent Toni Hellon. Look for the Southern Arizona delegation to tack right.

— Ron Drake overcomes Joe Sweeney’s name ID to become sacrificial lamb against Raul Grijalva.

— Munsil at top of ticket could benefit anti-immigrant ballot measures, Prop 107 (anti-partnership/gay amendment initiative).

— Steve Farley looking good to head for first elected office.

This article appears in Sep 7-13, 2006.

2 replies on “Analysis”

  1. The suprise I’m finding is how conservative Republicans appear to be tackling moderate Republican incumbents — people like Jorgensen and Cpt. Al Melvin, who promote themselves as Reagan Republicans aiming to take the GOP rightward.

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