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AZ-01: Top GOP Recruit Declines to Run
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 22, 2008 08:29am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | by: James L.
Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 6:34 PM EDT
Try as they may, the GOP just can't catch a break in the open seat race to replace the embattled Rep. Rick Renzi. It appears that their extensive efforts to recruit former state Senate President Ken Bennett to join the race have failed:
Prescott Republican and former Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett told The Insider this afternoon that he has decided against a campaign for the 1st congressional District.
Business concerns, namely his March appointment as CEO of an alternative energy firm, were the main dissuading factor, Bennett said. If he had won election to the seat, he would have had to cut virtually all ties with the corporation, known as GeoBio Energy.
Bennett joins a long list of no-show GOP candidates in this R+2.2 district, including Arizona Corporations Commissioner Kris Mayes and state Rep. Bill Konopnicki. Sydney Hay, the president of the Arizona Mining Association and the leading GOP candidate by default, has a very conservative profile, and her zealous support of the Iraq War could help make her the next Randy Graf. |
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