Bully Meets Nice Guy; Conservatives in the West  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 401 no. 8758 (Nov. 2011), page 48.
Topik: Elections; Conservatism; Legislators; Mormonism; Candidates

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Russell Pearce is a tough-talking Mormon Republican from Mesa, Arizona, a bedroom community near Phoenix that was settled by Mormons and is a conservative stronghold. Last year he became famous as the author of SB1070, Arizona's harsh law against illegal immigrants, whom he blames for most things. Sometimes called a "shadow governor", he has become a sort of brand statement for Arizona politics. For many of Mesa's conservative Mormons, not to mention the rest of the population, all this started seeming excessive. So, earlier this year, Mesans invoked a rarely used Arizonan privilege and petitioned to recall Pearce. Mobilised by Randy Parraz, a Latino activist, volunteers stood on Mesa's sun-scorched streets and collected signatures. Pearce called them anarchists, and worse. The volunteers called Pearce a sociopath, and worse. The petition succeeded, and Pearce became the first Arizona state legislator ever to be recalled. This means that he now has to stand in a special election on November 8th to keep his seat. He will face Jerry Lewis, an accountant who now manages a chain of charter schools. It has become a bizarre contest. Like Pearce, Lewis is a Mormon and a conservative Republican.

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