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Kelly vs. Miller vs. Paton (CD 8 U.S. House town hall on July 21)

by on Jul. 19, 2010, under Life, Politics

A CD 8 U.S. House town hall hosted by the Eastside Republican Club will be held on Wed. July 21 at 6 p.m. at Desert Christian High School, 7525 E Speedway Blvd.

Three candidates seeking the Republican nomination will be attending: Jesse Kelly, Brian Miller, and Jonathan Paton, former LD 30 State House rep. & State Senator. Candidate Andy Goss dropped out on July 7, endorsing Jesse Kelly.

Late entry Republican candidate Jay Quick, who ran before for this seat in CD 8 in 2006 as an Independent, will not be attending. Moderator for the event will be Joe Higgins, radio talk show co-host of “Wake up! Tucson” (1030 AM).

This may be your last chance to see these Republican men in person discuss the issues before the primary. I’ve heard these candidates debate before at Ironwood Ridge High School (click here) and also on the UA campus for the College Republicans.

For previous online media coverage, see the April 6, 2010 forum (24 minutes) on KUAT Channel 6 AZ Illustrated (click here).

Another KUAT TV debate between these Congressional candidates is scheduled for the Friday Roundtable on July 30.

For info about this town hall: Parralee Schneider, pmstucson@aol.com, 749-0312 (current candidate for LD 30 State House), or Lori Oien, oienjmo@msn.com, 749-3472, (candidate for Ward 2 Council seat in 2007 and recent applicant for Ward 2 Council vacancy).

Vote in the upcoming August 24 primary, to select which one will face Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the general election. Libertarian Dr. Steven Stoltz is also running for this seat.

Jesse Kelly

Brian Miller

Jonathan Paton

Jay Quick

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  • http://azdem.org/assets/Lang_letter.PDF Brandon

    Payday Paton uses senate campaign funds as personal slush fundPHOENIX – Former payday lending lobbyist and CD8 Republican primary candidate Jonathan Paton is unethically funding his congressional race with money from his state senate campaign, according to a complaint filed today by the Arizona Democratic Party.“Corporate lobbyist Jonathan Paton has found another way to give himself a payday – he writes himself checks to the tune of thousands of dollars from his old campaign accounts,” said Arizona Democratic Party Executive Director Luis Heredia.In February and March 2010, Paton wrote himself five checks totaling more than $8,300 in mileage reimbursements from his state senate account, despite filing his federal candidacy in January 2010.In total, between the January 31st and June 30th campaign finance reports, Paton has reimbursed himself a total of $19,415.67 for travel. That adds up to 43,631 miles in campaign-related travel in less than a year and a half.Payday Paton’s new campaign web ad touts a record of “honesty and integrity.” But his record shows he’s just another corporate lobbyist trying to take a payday at voters’ expense.“By writing himself checks from his state account at the same time as he runs for Congress, Jonathan Paton is unethically funneling money to his next campaign. This is why we can’t elect a corporate lobbyist to Congress. Paton should give up his state senate slush fund and pay back his donors,” said Heredia.A copy of the complaint submitted to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission today by the Arizona Democratic Party is available for download. Read more about this lobbyist-turned-legislator’s payday past at http://www.paydaypaton.com.See the complaint here:http://azdem.org/assets/Lang_letter.PDF

  • Carolyn Classen

    Thanks for this information Brandon about Paton, which I did read about on the Tucson Weekly Range blogsite, including that website http://www.paydaypaton.com. Blog for Arizona has been covering this as well, at
    http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2010/07/arizona-democratic-party-files-clean-elections-complaint-against-payday-paton.html

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