ARIZONA REPUBLICANS TAKE A SMALL STEP TOWARD SANITY

Russell Pearce was the state senate president and was the first Arizona state representative to be successfully re-called and his comeback bid seems over because he lost a GOP primary to a relatively normal Republican:

Russell Pearce’s Disastrous Arizona Campaign Is Over
Nick R. Martin August 29, 2012, 2:07 PM
TPM

Immigration hardliner Russell Pearce’s burning desire to return to office in Arizona got doused with cold water on Tuesday night when he lost the Republican primary for state Senate to a moderate businessman who took a softer tone on immigration.

His campaign was marred by typos, fundraising problems, an uproar that involved him questioning the bravery of the Colorado massacre victims and a murder-suicide carried out by a former friend.

When the voting was done, Bob Worsley, the wealthy founder of the in-flight shopping company SkyMall, was on top 56 percent to 44 percent, and journalists were being kicked out of Pearce’s election night party in Mesa, Ariz.