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A lawsuit seeks to knock Ken Bennett off the ballot for Arizona governor over accusations that he did not submit enough valid voter signatures to qualify was dismissed Thursday. Majority of LD28 candidate Mark Syms’ petition signatures deemed invalid Bennett, a former Arizona secretary of state, is challenging Gov. Doug Ducey for the Republican nomination in the Aug. 28 primary election. Political supporters of Gov. Ducey filed the lawsuit Wednesday arguing Bennett’s signatures are invalid for a host of reasons, including they don’t match signatures on voter records or were signed by Democrats or unregistered voters. Primary candidates in Arizona...

Battle between ‘crock’ McCain and 'weird' Giuliani18 February 2007 The Sunday Times Sarah Baxter, Washington POLITICAL opponents are quick to point out that John McCain will be 72 when he enters the White House if he wins the presidency in two years’ time. His disarming response is: “I’m as old as dirt and have more scars than Franken-stein.” And he never fails to mention his indomitable mother and her twin sister, who have just celebrated their 95th birthday. Age has become an issue for McCain. He has been hip enough to appear in a cameo role in the film Wedding...