>> SO...can any of our Arizona friends tell us if these are good results or not?
Yeah, given the alleged GOP-e and TEA agreement.
Freshman Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) defeated freshman Rep. Dan Quayle (R-AZ) (son of former VP Dan Quayle) in the primary for newly redistricted seat.
Despite Quayle having a heavy advantage in the redrawn district in former constituents count, he never got on message. Schweikert was more favored by Tea Party and had effective grassroots campaign and ran the ads painting Quayle as an establishment candidate.
Schweikert won with approximately 53% of the vote. This is a good result, IMO. It’s a safe Republican seat, so Schweikert should easily keep it.
Jeff Flake and Wil Cardon ran a horrible negative mud-slinging series of ads about who sucked more. In the end I’m glad Flake won. Trent Franks won easily against his opponent, which is great because good people like him are my argument against term limits. Sheriff Joe Arpaio ran unopposed by any Republican and should win easily (again). My polling place was similarly deserted, which made my vote count that much more. I signed up to be a poll worker so I should be able to watch for skullduggery in November.
“Yeah, given the alleged GOP-e and TEA agreement.”
What is this supposed to mean?