Friday, September 23, 2005
summary of az-08 from dailykos
Nothing we don't already know here, but still a decent summary.
Arizona 08 (Jim Kolbe)
The 8th Congressional District of Arizona includes all of Tucson except the Latino west side that is in the 7th District. The 8th also includes the eastern half of surrounding Pima County and much southeastern Arizona desert real estate: All of Cochise County (including Tombstone and Bisbee), Douglas and Sierra Vista near Fort Huachuca, site of the Army Military Intelligence Center, the training site for military interrogators; and very small portions of Santa Cruz and Pinal Counties. Politically it is closely divided, voting narrowly for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. It is overall 48.3% Dem. Its incumbent is longtimer Jim Kolbe. Kolbe had an unexpectedly close race in 1998, winning 52-45. Since then, he has won more comfortably, 65-35 in '02 and 68-32 in '04. Still, this is a district trending Dem, and could well be the site of an upset in a strong year."
