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		<title>Tobin, Fann hold off challenge from Klein</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/28/tobin-fann-hold-off-challenge-from-klein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 04:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what may have been Arizona’s most bizarre primary race, House Speaker Andy Tobin has defeated an opponent backed by out-of-state money and friends who include Herman Cain, Joe the Plumber and the creator of the notorious Willie Horton attack ads.]]></description>
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		<title>Tobin outraises his opponents in District 1</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/25/andy-tobin-outraises-his-opponents-in-arizona-legislative-district-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Andy Tobin easily outraised his party-mates in the three-way House primary in Northern Arizona, the latest finance reports filed with the Secretary of State showed.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Business group ad: Klein is ‘red-scaring, conspiracy-touting’ politician</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/23/business-group-calls-lori-klein-red-scaring-conspiracy-touting-politician/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The well-funded political spending arm of the state’s leading business coalition bashed Sen. Lori Klein in a campaign ad today, calling her a “gun-toting, red-scaring, conspiracy-touting politician.”]]></description>
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		<title>Herman Cain gives money to oust Speaker Tobin</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/22/herman-cain-gives-money-to-oust-speaker-tobin/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/22/herman-cain-gives-money-to-oust-speaker-tobin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and two wealthy contributors to conservative causes are funding an independent expenditure campaign aimed at ousting House Speaker Andy Tobin and replacing him with a first-term Republican lawmaker who made waves in 2011 for pointing a loaded gun at a reporter during an interview. <br /><br />
According to a campaign finance report filed Monday, Arizonans for an Honest Government raised $40,000 through the middle of August. Cain gave the committee $5,000 on Aug. 2.]]></description>
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		<title>Redistricting stirs up legislative primary races</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/20/redistricting-stirs-up-arizona-legislative-primary-races/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Davenport, Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Redistricting has forced some big names in Arizona legislative politics into contested races in the Aug. 28 primary election.
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		<title>&#8216;Joe the Plumber&#8217; says at Lori Klein fundraiser &#8216;start shooting&#8217; on border&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/13/joe-the-plumber-says-at-lori-klein-fundraiser-start-shooting-on-border/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Ohio plumber thrust into national politics during the 2008 presidential campaign says the United States needs to build a fence at the Mexico border and "start shooting" at suspected illegal immigrants.]]></description>
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		<title>Tobin poll: House Speaker leading challengers in LD1&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/13/andy-tobin-poll-house-speaker-leading-challengers-in-ld1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poll commissioned by House Speaker Andy Tobin’s re-election campaign shows him leading comfortably, despite a challenge from a Republican state senator who is alleging that the speaker isn’t conservative enough.
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		<title>Man who created infamous ‘Willie Horton’ attack ad targets Tobin&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/10/man-who-created-infamous-willie-horton-attack-ad-targets-arizona-speaker-andy-tobin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The man responsible for the most infamous negative ad in modern political history is leading the charge to unseat the speaker of the Arizona House.]]></description>
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		<title>House, Senate campaign announcements raise concerns&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/11/house-senate-campaign-announcements-raise-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/11/house-senate-campaign-announcements-raise-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley Beckner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an election year, frequent campaign announcements come as no surprise.

What is surprising, however, is where some of the announcements are coming from.]]></description>
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		<title>Even legislative leaders face crowded primary elections&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/08/even-legislative-leaders-face-crowded-primary-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/08/even-legislative-leaders-face-crowded-primary-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto and Caitlin Coakley Beckner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the upcoming elections, party loyalty doesn’t guarantee an uncontested race.<br /><br />

The highest-ranking Republican and Democrat in the House of Representatives both face crowded primaries this August.]]></description>
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