Paul Babbitt's campaign was named a top national priority by most major Democratic fundraisers and liberal weblogs, because a plurality of Arizona 1st Congressional District voters are registered Democrats and because Renzi won so narrowly in 2002.

Most recently it was represented by Republican Rick Renzi from 2003 to 2008, Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick following the 2008 election and Republic Paul Gosar following the 2010 election.

Richard George " Rick " Renzi ( born June 11, 1958 ) is a former American politician and was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing.

Renzi received 24. 4 percent of the 46, 585 votes cast in the Republican primary, with half of his votes coming from Yavapai County.

Renzi received significant support from the national Republican party in the race: President Bush visited twice, including a fundraiser ; Vice President Cheney appeared at a fund-raising luncheon ; Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton visited the district to support Renzi ; and so did Mel Martinez, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

" Renzi said he had tried to tell the National Republican Congressional Committee that the negative ads were the wrong way to go.

Renzi faced no opposition from his own party in the Republican primary.

Renzi outspent his primary opponents by a substantial sum of money.

In preparation for the 2004 campaign, the Democratic Party in Arizona tapped Paul Babbitt, Coconino County commissioner and the brother of Bruce Babbitt, to run for the seat and pressured all other candidates with the exception of political unknown Bob Donahue to bow out of the primary in order to clear the way for Babbitt to run against Renzi without a costly primary contest.

During the 2002 election campaign, Renzi proposed that Walnut Canyon National Monument in Northern Arizona be renamed the " National Park of the American Flag " with the addition an American flag theme to the park, including displays of U. S. flags throughout history.

On election day, Renzi defeated Cordova by 49 percent to 46 percent, a difference of about 6, 000 votes.

Renzi spent $ 436, 590 of his own money on the election.

Renzi has pending Federal criminal charges against him for his involvement in a land-swap deal.

As of June 2012, the case against Renzi was still active.

He soon discovers that the only other intelligent humans left on Earth are Ben Boxer and his friends Steve and Renzi, a trio of mutants genetically engineered to survive in Earth A. D.

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* Giulio Strozzi ( editor )-Le glorie della signora Anna Renzi romana ( published in Venice ; a tribute to Anna Renzi, the " first diva ")

On April 27 Renzi denied printed claims he was considering resigning office ; however, on August 23, Renzi announced he would not be a candidate for re-election in 2008.

There is proof Renzi was living in Arizona after college because, Renzi and his wife did had several children who were born in Sierra Vista, AZ.

Most of those loans were part of the $ 436, 000 that Renzi put into his own campaign.

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* Rick Renzi, former member of the United States House of Representatives

Renzi moved his official residence from Virginia to Arizona in 1999, registering to vote in Santa Cruz County.

The career of the first major female star ( or prima donna ), Anna Renzi, dates to the mid-17th century.

It features Bruce MacDonald, Maggie Renzi, Adam LeFevre, Maggie Cousineau, Gordon Clapp, Jean Passanante, and others.

On February 22, 2008, Renzi was indicted on 35 counts connected to land deals.

Renzi was born to an Italian-American family in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

) Eugene " Gene " Renzi, served at Fort Huachuca.

Renzi graduated from Buena High School and then attended Northern Arizona University, receiving a B. S.

Renzi played football for NAU and was a starting offensive lineman.

Renzi and his wife Roberta are the parents of 12 children, the most of any member of Congress.

In 1989, Renzi started Renzi & Company ( now called the Patriot Insurance Agency ), a company that offers insurance to nonprofit organizations such as crisis pregnancy centers, pregnancy care clinics, maternity homes, PTAs, PTOs, and local service organizations.

In 2006, Renzi said that he decided to enter politics because of his experiences as a member of National Association of Professional Insurance Agents.

Renzi was a property / casualty agent and a member of PIA of Virginia & D. C.

" I had a chance to interact with a lot of the congressmen and Senators, and I fell in love with it ", Renzi said.

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Wright's strong stand on hotly debated issues such as racial segregation, civil rights and states ' rights, combined with the advantages of incumbency, won his re-election as Governor of Mississippi in 1947.

In early 2004 he won another hotly contested battle for Wentworth, defeating Peter King, the sitting Liberal member.

The 2002 Democratic primary, also hotly contested, was narrowly won by George Cordova, a party outsider who ran against several better-known candidates supported by the Democratic National Committee.

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