Word: arizonans
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Republican Fife Symington has waged two successful campaigns for Governor of Arizona by touting himself as a manager and an entrepreneur. "He told people that he'd run Arizona like a business," says state Democratic chairman Sam Coppersmith. "Every Arizonan has been praying that he didn't mean like his business...
Remember Reagan's giant convention video? Edmonds bets on an equally elaborate homage to Barry Goldwater this year. Honoring the party paterfamilias could help strengthen Bush's shaky right flank -- but look out: the feisty Arizonan also tends to say what he thinks, regardless of the script...
With a small but dedicated following, Mecham would benefit if Annetta Conant swells the G.O.P. field to six. She is a former Evanista who pushed the legalization of Laetrile, the crackpot cancer cure, and secured a letter from Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (a fellow Arizonan) erroneously citing legal precedents for the Christian-nation resolution. The most recent entrant is ex-Congressman Sam Steiger, a rodeo bulldogger, airplane wing walker, horse-race broadcaster, rancher and now electronic-equipment entrepreneur. He was convicted of extortion when he was an aide to Mecham, but it was overturned...