Ex-aide Barber wins Arizona election to succeed Giffords

USA TODAY: More than a year after the nation’s attention was focused on critically injured then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and those killed and wounded alongside her, the spotlight returned Tuesday to southern Arizona as her former aide Ron Barber won the special election to serve out her remaining term….

Barber represents Congressional District 8 for six months and is running for a full term in the newly drawn District 2 during the regular fall elections.

[Jesse] Kelly, a 30-year-old construction-project manager and former Marine who narrowly lost to Giffords in 2010, also plans to compete for the full term…  (more)

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