Democrats hold on to Arizona congressional seat
Democrat Ron Barber has won a special House election in southern Arizona to finish the term of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
Giffords resigned a year after she was shot in the head while meeting with constituents at a Tucson shopping center.
Barber defeated Republican Jesse Kelly, a former Marine who
narrowly lost a House race to Giffords in 2010.
The 66-year-old Barber was seriously injured in the same rampage in which Giffords was shot. Six others were killed.
Holding onto the seat has been a priority for Democrats as they
seek to regain control of the House in November.
Republicans tried to make the race a referendum on President
Barack Obama, a strategy they'll continue to follow in other swing
districts in this fall's congressional elections.
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