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Shaheen resigned her post at the IOP in 2007 to pursue the seat held by Republican John E. Sununu, who has represented the state in Congress since...
...contest reprised the 2002 election for that seat, when Shaheen—a former governor of the state—lost to then-Representative Sununu as Republicans gained seats nationwide...
...only state that had voted for Bush in 2000 to flip into the Democratic column. The backlash continued in 2006, with more dramatic results. Riding a tide of anti-war opinion, two Democratic challengers upset both of the state's GOP congressmen. Popular Governor John Lynch held onto his seat with 76% of the vote, and Democrats took control of both the state House and Senate, putting the party in charge of both the executive and legislative branches for the first time since the 19th century...
...crisis and housing bust. Last year, Prescott, the largest town in Yavapai, elected its first Democratic mayor ever. Governor Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, lost Yavapai by 5,000 votes when she was first elected in 2000 but won it by 10,500 in 2006. And the area's congressional seat - being vacated by Republican Rick Renzi, who is under indictment for extortion, money-laundering and wire fraud (charges he has denied) - is most likely going to be picked up by a Democrat...
...Dems can win that seat and successfully defend two others, they will hold a majority - five of the state's eight members of the House - of the delegation for the first time since 1966. "Democrats have been mobilizing in ways unseen before in the state," says Fred Solop, chair of the political-science department at Northern Arizona University. "They have a shot at capturing the state house for the first time since 1966." Analysts say they also have a shot at taking back the state senate, which they haven't controlled since...