I was surprised to see that Barber had an “I” next to his name. He was Gabby Gifford’s second in command after all.
It has been a bittersweet victory for me, since the wave broke on the shoals of Southern AZ. During the tea party heydey, we in north northwest, were much more involved than even Phoenix.
We are an example of the system breakdown of the moderate Repub machine. I wish big money (I am looking at you Jim Click and perhaps, the kingmakers like Bruce Ash, et al., would support conservatives, which is the true makeup of this county.
Not supporting Kwasman, when he went preemptively to Oracle to rebuff the illegal kids to be placed in the juvenile home, was also a bad move.
On the good side, we now have two conservative state reps going to Phoenix, a switch from a very dem area, that Grijalva has had two great opponents in the last two terms, Ruth McClung and Gabby Mercer, but if it weren’t for the lack of money and support from the GOP (except, I think Palin’s Pac gave to Gabby) would have been GREAT to represent southern AZ.