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Kelly vs. Miller vs. Paton vs. Quick on KUAT tonight

by on Jul. 30, 2010, under Life, Politics

The August 24 primary is quickly approaching and early voting began yesterday. Here’s a chance to view the 4 men running for CD 8 U.S. House on KUAT Channel 6 tonight from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Az Illustrated. The current candidates are Jesse Kelly, Brian Miller, Jonathan Paton, and Jay Quick. Who’s Quick? View the debate tonight to find out, as he’s the late comer in this race.

If you miss this one hour forum, view it online at www.azpm.org, “On Demand”.

Last time I wrote about these men was on July 19 after candidate Andy Goss dropped out and endorsed Jesse Kelly, and 3 of the 4 candidates (sans Quick) appeared at the Eastside Republican Club town hall on July 21. Click here for earlier blog (with photos of each candidate).

This has been a very spirited campaign for the GOP candidates, with hundreds of thousands of dollars raised and spent.

Whoever wins the Republican primary will face off with 2 term Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who has reportedly $2 million to spend on this campaign. Libertarian Dr. Steven Stoltz is also a candidate in the General Election on November 2nd.

The comparable one hour interview of the GOP CD 7 U.S. House candidates was held on Friday July 23, with the 4 candidates running in that race: Ruth McClung, Terry Myers, Joe Sweeney, and Robert Wilson. View it online here.

The winner of that CD 7 Republican primary race will face off with 4 term Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva, and the winner of the Libertarian primary (either Andrew Ibarra or George Keane). The KUAT interview of those two Libertarians on July 28 is also online (click here).

Let the best man (or woman) win.

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  • Carolyn Classen
  • http://www.harleymeyer.com Harley Meyer

     Carol I know that this is still the Primary season, but your closing comments go beyond the primary into the General Election and you over looked one candidate in CD7 – an Independent who is representing the 2nd largest political group in the district.

    In this election cycle there is something that changes the dynamics. An Independent who is bi-lingual and knows how to get the economy growing again.

    STATE OF ARIZONA CD 7 VOTER REGISTRATION REPORT
    Democratic 142,586
    Independent 103,710
    Republican 76,236
    Libertarian 2,803
    Green 668

    Source: Arizona Secretary of State June 1, 2010
    The Independents are still growing in number

  • Carolyn Classen

    Thanks Harley Meyer for your comments.   I was trying to focus only on the August 24 primary in CD 7 (4 GOPs or 2 Libertarians to nominate one in their party to face incumbent Democrat Grijalva).  I realize you are running in the General as an Independent, but the Arizona Sec. of State doesn’t list you as a candidate in the Primary.
    Carolyn (not Carol)

  • james donovan

    This is a very interesting and exciting race to watch.  I believe that it will have national implications, AS IT DID  BEFORE, with Giffords and Graf.  Very interesting.

    • Carolyn Classen

      Yes, there are several choices on the GOP ticket for CD 8.  Giffords has beaten Republicans Randy Graf and Tim Bee, so let’s see what happens with whomever wins the primary on August 24.  Thanks for commenting.

  • Carolyn Classen

    Political newcomer Jesse Kelly prevailed over former legislator Paton:

    KELLY, JESSE

    48.80%
    39,236

    MILLER, BRIAN

    7.54%
    6,059

    PATON, JONATHAN

    41.23%
    33,147

    QUICK, JAY

    2.17%
    1,746

    Write-in

    0.26%
    209

    80,397

    • tiponeill

      Let me point out that my predictions have been 100 percent so far :)

      • Carolyn Classen

        Right,  newcomer Kelly won.  Do you think if Miller had withdrawn sooner, his 6,059 votes would have gone to Paton, who lost (so far) by 6089 votes? All of Pima County ballots haven’t been counted as yet.

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