Russell Pearce, architect of Arizona's Immigration Law, recalled, voted out.

[Stuart G]

Huffington Post,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/08/russell-pearce-recall-election-jerry-lewis_n_1083129.html


State Sen. Russell Pearce, the controversial architect of Arizona's immigration law, was voted out of office on Tuesday evening in a special recall election. He was defeated by Jerry Lewis, a fellow Republican who does not support the immigration crackdown and has vowed to reject gifts from special interest groups and work to ban gifts for legislators.

Lewis won with roughly 54 percent of the vote, state officials announced on Tuesday evening.

Pearce is the top Republican in the state senate, and a 10-year state legislator. He pioneered S.B. 1070, an immigration law passed in Arizona in 2010 that quickly prompted a lawsuit from the federal government. The law, which would have allowed police to ask for immigration papers at stops if they had "reasonable suspicion" someone was undocumented, was predominantly blocked before it went into effect.

His critics rallied behind Lewis as the most viable alternative to Pearce, forming an unexpected coalition between Republican critics of Pearce and immigration reform supporters. Petra Falcon of Promise Arizona, an immigrant organizing group, said Pearce's loss reflected the public's distaste for Pearce's "extremist positions."

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Good riddance!

It looks like race-baiting, immigrant-bashing and financial grubbiness did in Russell Pearce's tenure in the Arizona state senate. Would that similar fates befall more Arizona Republicans who voted for SB1070!

:dem:

:patriot:

[Mosaic]

2. POS politicians belong in hell

Why poor mexicans would want to move from one banana republic to another is beyond me. The only thing that makes sense is this is their land.

[classysassy]

3. " There is good news tonight"

thanks Mr Heater for those words.It seem there is a litle sanity left in the state of Arizona,Pearce is an evil,hateful little man,good bye sorry you stayed too long.