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House a stepping stone for Ben Quayle?
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Oct 07, 2010 11:08am |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Author | Kasie Hunt |
| News Date | Thursday, October 7, 2010 09:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PHOENIX — When former Vice President Dan Quayle talked to top Republican donors earlier this year to raise money for his son’s congressional campaign, he wasn’t just selling a possible future Rep. Ben Quayle.
His pitch, according to several Arizona sources: that 33-year-old Ben Quayle is cut from the same mold as he is, and could have a promising career in the House, then run for Senate and have an unlimited national future.
That ambitious trajectory isn’t just a proud father talking. Even before the younger Quayle faces election for Arizona’s open 3rd District seat, Republicans are speculating about what comes next for the son of a politician who was himself elected to Congress at the age of 29, to the Senate just four years later and tapped for vice president at 41.
“The reason this seat is so important is because its holder is an automatic candidate for the U.S. Senate,” said Marcus Dell’Artino, a longtime GOP strategist and now a partner at the Phoenix-based FirstStrategic firm.
The 3rd District seat also served as Jon Kyl’s launching pad to the Senate and, with Sen. John McCain now in his 70s, it could easily play the same role for Quayle, Dell’Artino said. |
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