Release: Two Arizona Political Giants Step Up for Glassman
March 25, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2010
Two Arizona Political Giants Step Up for Glassman
Two of Arizona’s most prestigious Democrats have committed to serving as honorary campaign co-chairs should Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman announce in April that he will run for U.S. Senate.
Former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini and former Gov. Rose Mofford have stepped forward and offered to serve as honorary co-chairs of the Glassman senate campaign.
In 1976 DeConcini was a little known statewide candidate from Tucson when a pair of high-profile Republicans went after each other in a senate primary. DeConcini defied the odds and won the election.
Mofford worked her way up through Arizona politics and helped restore Arizona’s image after Republican Gov. Evan Mecham was impeached and removed from office.
“I’m honored that two giants of Arizona politics have offered their help,” Glassman said. “I know folks have been waiting to know my intentions, and I promise a decision is coming soon.”
Glassman already has established a broader fundraising base than any other candidate who has challenged John McCain, and he has the support of every Democratic candidate currently running for statewide office in Arizona.
Glassman is exploring a run for U.S. Senate against Sen. John McCain, who has been in Washington for 28 years.
McCain is also being challenged in the Republican primary by former six-term Congressman J.D. Hayworth. Hayworth’s campaign is based on promising to serve a narrow constituency and ignoring the majority of voters. McCain, vowing to match Hayworth’s narrow ideology stripe for stripe, has vowed not to work on any further legislation that President Obama would sign. “There will be no cooperation for the rest of the year,” McCain said on a Phoenix radio show. “They have poisoned the well in what they have done and how they have done it.”
Glassman responded, “Arizona needs a seat at the table, and America must move forward. Leaders like DeConcini and Mofford recognize we have to work our way out of the economic crisis we inherited. We cannot pout our way out.”
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