Gabrielle Giffords ' seat to win in Arizona

Obama embraces Giffords January 24 (Saul Loeb / AP) Arizona voters by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords represented head to the polls Tuesday Ken Griffey Jr Shoes , a successor to the former Democratic legislator who choose further Town Hall shooting attack after a recovery of January 2011.
Giffords has their former District Director Ron Barber as their preferred replacement in the Tucson area 8. advocates district. Barber runs freely in the primary Tuesday - a welcome piece of news for the party, which was to avoid a potentially competitive Democratic race since favourite.
; State Sen. Frank Antenori; Dave Sitton, a businessman and broadcaster, and Martha McSally, a veteran fighter pilot businessman Jesse Kelly, who strongly Giffords challenged in 2010: be on the Republican side, four candidates for the nomination of her party Tuesday in the competition. In the race with a greater degree of popularity than its competitors due to its 2010 bid Kelly Griffey Shoes .
Tuesday GOP winner is Barber June 12 compete against. The impact Tuesday of choice, but extends itself beyond 2012.
The candidate who June 12 WINS special election, will have an added advantage in the separate race, choose a permanent successor to Giffords (a period of two years for this seat starting in January 2013.)
A major complication for candidates is that of the 8th district, for the competing candidates Tuesday (and in June) will be unlike the newly drawn and newly numbered District 2, which iterates the candidates compete for a full term in November of this year is Ken Griffey Shoes .
Candidate filing for this race until end of May to close.