Arizona Topples Senate President Russell Pearce, SB 1070 Immigration Law Architect, in Historic Reca

[rpannier]

MESA, AZ -- In a stunning blow to the Tea Party movement, a huge turnout in Mesa's conservative LD 18 overwhelmingly voted out Arizona's hardline State Senate President Russell Pearce in a historic recall election today.

As the self-proclaimed "Tea Party President," Pearce's national role as the figurehead for punitive immigration measures also turned the recall election into a referendum on the state's notorious SB 1070 "papers, please" immigration law, which Pearce had made the hallmark of his legislative career.

According to the Maricopa County Recorder Elections Department, Republican moderate and SB 1070 opponent Jerry Lewis overcame the Pearce campaign's series of dirty tricks and election war chest to win 53.4% to 45.3%. in a contest that divided the city's influential Mormon Church.

"This is a huge shift," said Randy Parraz, co-founder of the Citizens for a Better Arizona, which organized the recall drive in one of the most conservative districts in the state. "Russell Pearce is not only too extreme, but had remained untouched. This election shows that such extremist behavior will not be rewarded, and will be held accountable."

link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/breaking-arizona-topples-_b_1083202.html

[eleny]

1. What an amazing night

[Zorra]

2. He was slaughtered! 5 Star K&R. nt

[gratuitous]

3. Will the popular media narrative change?

I know they don't dare admit that they were snookered by this astroturf movement of ersatz activists, but will they at last change the popular narrative, and concede that the Tea Baggers were not and are not nearly as powerful or as representative of a large percentage of voters as they made them out to be?

[rpannier]

4. I can give you the freak republikkans narrative (via the Murkowski victory in AK)

It was the Unionistas, Democrats and Rinos

[Bozita]

5. We got 'em outnumbered!

[freshwest]

12. I so love that banner!

[DesertRat]

6. And Phoenix elected a wonderful new Democratic Mayor

Greg Stanton! :woohoo:

[thelordofhell]

7. I'm more excited for this than the recall

Mesa is a conservative backwater.......Phoenix needed to keep a Democratic Mayor

[DesertRat]

8. Me too

Despite the endorsement of Gullet by the Arizona Republic and Governor Brewer, Stanton still won.
It's a huge night for Phoenix and Arizona! :fistbump:

[HuckleB]

13. +1

[jillan]

9. And Tucson just elected it's first (?!) Democrat Mayor

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/rothschild-elected-tucson-mayor/article_f1e2fc08-0a7f-11e1-ac58-001cc4c03286.html


:toast: :bounce: :party: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :party: :party:

[DesertRat]

10. First time since 1999

:woohoo: :fistbump:

[pinboy3niner]

11. I wish blondeatlast could have lived to see this

She would have enjoyed it.

If there's a heaven, you know there's a big party at her house there tonight. :)

R.I.P. :patriot:

[HuckleB]

14. This will make my short visit so much sweeter.

I have to fly into Phoenix tomorrow, and it will likely be a lighter visit after today!

[midnight]

15. Awsome... K&R

[enough]

16. k&r (nt)

[progressoid]

17. Ha - I misread the title...

Arizona Topless Senate President Russell Pearce

:eyes: