Ann Kirkpatrick is a resident of Tucson and entitled to run for the open congressional seat being vacated by Martha McSally, a judge ruled this afternoon.

Freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally held off her Democratic challenger, Matt Heinz, in Tuesday’s race for Southern Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District.

Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District was supposed to be a lost cause for Democrats.

Democrat Matt Heinz has clinched the Democratic nomination over his opponent, Victoria Steele, in the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District and earned the chance to take on Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally in November.

At first glance, the Democrats running for U.S. House in the southeast Arizona district that includes most of Tucson are a lot alike.

Ron Barber had no competition last spring in a special primary election to replace his old boss, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, until her term expired. He then went on to decisively beat a tea party Republican who had nearly unseated Giffords from her southern Arizona district in 2010.

The frontrunners for the upcoming primary in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District appear to have little to worry about, if fundraising is any indication.

Political newcomer Nomiki Konst has dropped out of the race for a full term representing former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' southern Arizona congressional district.

Democratic legislators continued to denounce what they call Republican attacks on women’s rights, criticizing today three House bills that they say would reduce women’s abilities to make their own health care decisions.

Sen. Paula Aboud said she’s staying in the race for Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, despite Ron Barber’s announcement that he’ll seek a full term after the special election to replace former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.