Flagstaff dentist Gosar riding anti-incumbent wave
If little things win elections, then Gosar’s campaign strategy may be right on target. The Flagstaff dentist has spent the past several months traveling across one of the most expansive and diverse congressional districts in the nation, sometimes making speeches, sometimes handing out campaign flyers, but mostly just shaking hands and assuring voters that he is one of them.
Hampered by widespread criticism, Kirkpatrick aims at moderates
Kirkpatrick, who is counting on Democrats to vote for her despite her independent streak, has gone out of her way to appeal to independents and moderate Republicans who disagree with Gosar’s conservative platform.
CD1 Fundraising: Kirkpatrick outspends Gosar by $500K
While Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick and her opponent, Republican Paul Gosar, have brought in nearly the same amount of money over the past three months, Kirkpatrick has reached into her much deeper coffers, outspending Gosar nearly 4-to-1 in the same period.
Gosar overcomes Hay’s late surge
Republican voters in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District chose a political newcomer over a couple of familiar faces, giving Flagstaff dentist Paul Gosar a chance to retake a seat the GOP lost in the Democratic surge in 2008.
Gosar leads CD1 primary in fundraising
Paul Gosar showed a commanding fundraising lead in the 1st Congressional District Republican primary, but 2008 nominee Sydney Hay said she has the cash to carry her past him to the nomination.
Konopnicki says he’ll need $2.5M to defeat U.S. Rep. Kirkpatrick
State Rep. Bill Konopnicki, a Safford Republican, is considering a run for U.S. House in a swing district that just last year elected freshman Democrat Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick.