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NRA: How NRA altered the race for Gabby Gifford’s old Arizona seat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Martha McSally, a retired Air Force colonel and a former A-10 fighter pilot, has won her race for a U.S. House seat in Arizona after all the votes were finally tallied.

Martha McSally declared winner in last outstanding U.S. House race in Arizona

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Martha McSally, candidate for Congressional District 2, makes a speech to supporters during a Republican election night party at the Sheraton Tucson Hotel and Suites, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat)

Arizona’s House race could head to recount

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group runs ad to boost Ron Barber

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

A member of Charlie Company of the U.S. Marines First Division, Eighth regiment, smokes a cigarette in Fallujah, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004. U.S. forces punched into the center of the insurgent stronghold, overwhelming bands of guerrillas in the street with heavy barrages of fire and searching house to house in a powerful advance on the second day of a major offensive. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Luis Sinco) ** FILE **

Fighting the nanny state: House panel snuffs out tobacco ban for military bases

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Barber: Inspections of Mexican cattle to resume

Associated Press

Barber: Arizona border sites getting more agents

Associated Press

Wooten seeking GOP nomination in Arizona 2nd

Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses to rub his eye as he speaks about his signature health care law, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama intends to permit continued sale of individual insurance plans that have been canceled because they failed to meet coverage standards under the health care law, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

House votes to let Americans keep health plans; 39 Dems defy Obama

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Ron Barber, Arizona Democrat, speaks to the media in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

DHS spends $600,000 to buy $100,000 homes: Report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Inside Politics: Republican won’t seek rematch for Giffords’ seat

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Democratic congressional candidate Ron Barber celebrate Mr. Barber's victory in a special election on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz., to fill the vacant House seat that Mrs. Giffords held. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool)

Democrats hold Giffords seat in Arizona

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Democratic candidate Ron Barber celebrates his victory in a special election in Arizona Tuesday with Gabrielle Giffords, the congresswoman he succeeds, by his side. Mr. Barber easily topped Republican Jesse Kelly in a race in which both parties tested themes that will play out in the November election. (Associated Press)

Democrats jubilant after holding Giffords’ seat

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ron Barber, seen here in January with then-Rep Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, hopes to keep the seat that his former boss relinquished in the Democratic column in a special election on Tuesday. It is one of three House seats currently vacant. (Associated Press)

Giffords lobbies to help keep her district Democratic

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Former astronaut Mark Kelly (from left), former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Ron Barber and Nancy Barber gather during a get-out-the-vote rally for Mr. Barber at the Rialto Theater in downtown Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday, June 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Arizona Daily Star, Mamta Popat)

Arizonans voting in special election to replace Giffords

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Ron Barber, seen here in January with then-Rep Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, hopes to keep the seat that his former boss relinquished in the Democratic column in a special election on Tuesday. It is one of three House seats currently vacant. (Associated Press)

GOP makes Obama the issue in Arizona’s special election

By Kevin Freking and Walter Berry - Associated Press

Rep Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, tours the Gabrielle Giffords Family Assistance Center, one of her favorite charities, with staffer Ron Barber in Tucson, Ariz., last month. Mr. Barber, a top aide to Ms. Giffords, announced his candidacy to run in a special election to serve as a replacement for the Arizona Democrat who was wounded in a shooting rampage. (Associated Press)

Giffords’ aide seeks to replace his boss in special election

By Bob Christie and Paul Davenport ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Ron Barber plans to attend every event he can to remember the tragic day nearly a year ago when a gunman opened fire as Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents. The congresswoman was shot in the head, and six people were killed. (Associated Press)

Giffords, others to mark anniversary of shooting

By Amanda Lee Myers - Associated Press

Injured Giffords aide returns to work

Associated Press

This photo combo shows Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat. At left, Giffords takes part in a reenactment of her swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 5, 2011, three days before she was shot as she met with constituents in Tucson, Ariz. At right, Giffords is seen May 17, 2011, at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, the day after the launch of space shuttle Endeavour and the day before she had her cranioplasty. (Associated Press/Susan Walsh/P.K. Weis)

Rep. Giffords moves to husband’s Texas home

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti - Associated Press