Jim Small//April 2, 2012//[read_meter]

Rep. Daniel Patterson, D-Tucson (File photo)

An embattled Tucson lawmaker this morning formally left the Democratic Party and became the Legislature’s only independent. Rep. Daniel Patterson...

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