Arizona Right to Life

Both Republican Party-backed primary candidate Sydney Hay and her rival, Sandra Livingstone, added key endorsements Monday in their battle to secure the 1st Congressional District nomination.

Hay, who was practically a shoo-in for the nod until the last-minute entry of former U.S. State Department official Livingstone, has been in a race with Livingstone to rack up as many endorsements as possible. Hay's latest is the the political action committee of Arizona Right to Life, the anti-abortion group that enjoys significant clout among the Republican base in the state.

Livingstone meanwhile added Prescott Valley Mayor Harvey Skoog to her list of supporters. Skoog administers one of the largest population centers in the district, which also borders Livingstone's home turf, Prescott.

SCOTTSDALE - Arizona Right to Life's annual gala dinner and silent auction, held Saturday night at Chapparal Suites, was not only the place to support the anti-abortion, anti-assisted suicide cause; it was the place to see a slew of major politicos mingling and dining in the same room, including four candidates running for the Republican spot on the ticket against CD5 Rep. Harry Mitchell.  read more »

The Arizona Right to Life Committee has endorsed Arkansas Republican Mike Huckabee in the presidential preference campaign. The endorsement could give a small boost to Huckabee who trails badly in the latest Arizona polls.