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Former Congressman Sam Steiger dies at 83
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| Contributor | Mr. Matt |
| Last Edited | Mr. Matt Sep 28, 2012 07:08pm |
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| Author | Don Harris |
| News Date | Friday, September 28, 2012 09:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sam Steiger, the colorful former Arizona congressman who suffered a debilitating stroke in 2002, has died in Prescott. He was 83.
Steiger served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, but in 1976 he decided to run for a U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Paul Fannin, and locked in a bitter GOP primary against a fellow congressman, Rep. John Conlan.
After Conlan was quoted as saying a vote for him was a vote for Christianity, then-Sen. Barry Goldwater entered the fray, accusing Conlan of injecting religion, specifically anti-Semitism, into the election. Steiger was Jewish. |
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