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Barber Wins Arizona Special Election: Ron Barber has won the special election to serve out the rest of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ term. Barber, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Jesse Kelly by roughly seven points. Giffords resigned her seat in January, one year after she nearly lost her life in an assassination attempt. Barber was also critically injured in the January 2011 shooting.
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Gabrielle Giffords?s former Republican opponent, Jesse Kelly, will face her former aide, Ron Barber, in a June special election in Arizona. Read Post

Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords helped propel her one-time aide Ron Barber to victory in the days leading up to Tuesday's special election. Barber beat Republican Jesse Kelly, Giffords' 2010 challenger, 52 percent to... Read Post

(CNN) – Democrat Ron Barber won a special election in Arizona on Tuesday to fill the remainder of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' term in Congress, CNN projects. Barber defeated Republican opponent Jesse Kelly, a former Marine and I... Read Post