Word: mechamics
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...last to come around on Medicaid and the interstate highway system. It is home to two-fifths of the Keating Five (Senators Dennis DeConcini and John McCain), to Barry Goldwater (considered left of center by many natives), and to the nation's first impeached Governor in 59 years, Evan Mecham. It is not a place for the politically faint of heart...
...Mofford that she would not seek re-election, it looked as if the Grand Canyon State would have a calm 1990 gubernatorial election. As the secretary of state who inherited the Governor's mansion in April 1988, Mofford, 67, was Arizona's Jerry Ford, healing the wounds inflicted by Mecham's impeachment for financial improprieties. She was ahead in the polls before she decided, "I want to start living for Rosie...
...scrambling for her job are eight candidates -- and counting. Five are Republicans. Among them is Mecham, rising phoenix-like from the political dustheap just two years after he was thrown out of office. Says his button- down, blue-blood G.O.P. opponent, J. Fife Symington, "Tragically, Ev is the guy to beat in this primary...
...Mecham's comeback began last winter when he and his supporters, known as "Evanistas," once again took control of the Republican Party, winning a resolution at the state convention declaring the U.S. a "Christian nation." The Republican speaker of the house and the leader of the senate, who had voted to impeach Mecham, were defeated in primaries. On the highways, EV WAS RIGHT bumper stickers began to outnumber EVAN THE TERRIBLE. It was a remarkable turnaround for a Governor who became a laughingstock for defending the use of the word pickaninny and swearing his office was bugged with lasers...
...While Mecham no longer faces criminal charges, few expect a quick revival of his tattered political career. His acquittal in no way affects his earlier impeachment, which was based on two unrelated charges: misusing state funds and trying to thwart an investigation of a death threat. Said Prosecutor Barnett Lotstein, explaining the case's outcome: "A lot of people in this community feel that he has suffered enough...