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Pearce faces two challengers; Cortes' motives questioned
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Sep 09, 2011 08:53pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - East Valley Tribune |
| News Date | Saturday, September 10, 2011 12:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State Senate President Russell Pearce will face two challengers in the Nov. 8 recall amid accusations one of them is a fake candidate out to split the anti-Pearce vote.
Olivia Cortes filed her signatures with the Secretary of State Friday afternoon, the deadline to enter the race. She joins charter school executive Jerry Lewis.
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Unlike Lewis, Cortes does not have a website, hasn't staged events or tried to get any publicity for her campaign.
Recall organizer Randy Parraz said a woman collecting signatures at the Mesa library on Cortes's behalf told passers-by that Pearce supporters would want Cortes on the ballot to dilute anti-Pearce votes. Parraz called Cortes a stealth candidate propped by Pearce supporters. Parraz had an audio recording of the discussion.
"This is really behavior that is not becoming of a senate president," Parraz said.
Cortes did not respond to a phone call or email. |
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