The continual news that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is making near a near-miraculous recovery after being shot in the head Jan. 8 has increased talk about her political future.
Friends and colleagues of Giffords are making sure that her political career is keeping pace with her physical rehabilitation.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N. Y.) have planned a March fund raiser that could fill Giffords' campaign coffers for a 2012 re-election campaign.
"We want to make sure that when she does come back, she's not starting from scratch," Wasserman Schultz told the New York Times. She said wants to help Giffords be in the "strongest possible position to run for re-election."
But the efforts also could held Giffords if she decides to take a run at the Senate in the wake of the announced retirement of Sen. Jon Kyl.
"It's something that she talked about, but not something that she talked about in any great detail," Wasserman Schultz said. "When she does come back, she will go through the same process that everyone who considers running for higher office does."
The Arizona Democratic Party chairman, Andrei Cherny, told The Washington Post that "it goes without saying that even before the attack, she was at the top of everyone's list."
Monday, May 21 2012 12:10 PM EDT2012-05-21 16:10:33 GMT
A woman hiking on a trail near the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Dove Mountain died Saturday afternoon of apparent cardiac arrest, Northwest Fire Capt. Adam Goldberg said. The woman was hiking with a group on
The woman was hiking with a group on the Wild Burro Trail in the Tortolita Mountains when she suffered a heart attack.
Monday, May 21 2012 12:09 PM EDT2012-05-21 16:09:35 GMT
With the Hobby Lobby and other retailers moving into the old Mervyn's in east Tucson later this year, some real estate experts say they're seeing more businesses take up commercial leases. However more
With the Hobby Lobby and other retailers moving into the Tucson area later this year, some real estate experts say they're seeing more businesses take up commercial leases. However more tenants doesn't necessarily mean the local economy is actually improving.
Monday, May 21 2012 12:07 PM EDT2012-05-21 16:07:31 GMT
A 30-year-old woman died in a rollover accident Sunday afternoon on the southwest side. Christy Anne Dalrymple was transported to a local hospital after the one-vehicle collision at West Irvington Road
Christy Anne Dalrymple was transported to a local hospital after the one-vehicle collision at West Irvington Road and South Westover Avenue around 12:50 p.m.
Monday, May 21 2012 12:05 PM EDT2012-05-21 16:05:48 GMT
A wildfire is burning tonight in Southern Arizona near the small town of Dragoon off Interstate 10. The fire has burned near 200 acres, according to Cochise County Sheriff's spokesperson Carol Capas.
The fire burned 85-100 acres near Dragoon, Cochise County Sheriff's spokesperson Carol Capas told Tucson News Now on Sunday.
Monday, May 21 2012 9:55 AM EDT2012-05-21 13:55:18 GMT
Portions of this story are from the Tucson National Weather Service.A near record high of 105 forecasted for Tucson today. The record high is 107 set in 2005. Even though the forecast is just shy of
Even though the forecast is just shy of the record, today could still go into the books as one of the earliest 105 days on record.
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