Ann Kirkpatrick - for Arizona

Ann Kirkpatrick Earns Casa Grande Dispatch Endorsement

Primary Election

"In the 1st Congressional District, which covers most of Pinal County and much of eastern and northern Arizona, the field is wide open with the decision of Rep. Rick Renzi not to run amid a federal investigation of some of his activities.

"For the Democrats, the candidates are lawyers Ann Kirkpatrick and Howard Shanker of Flagstaff, former broadcaster Mary Kim Titla of San Carlos and Jeffrey Brown of Munds Park.

"Republicans running are lobbyist Sydney Hay of Munds Park, nonprofit director Sandra Livingstone of Prescott, power plant designer Tom Hansen of St. Johns and retired minister Barry Hall of Sedona.

"We endorse Kirkpatrick... as the most experienced and capable."