For those of you reading this who are residents of Arizona's 8th Congressional District, if you haven't yet voted, why are you reading this?!
There's a special election today in a very red district pitting underdog Democrat Dr. Hiral Tipirneni against generic nasty Republican Debbie Lesko. The seat was vacated by Rep. Trent "Beans 'n'" Franks (R-Crackpot) when he resigned after it became known that he'd offered $5 million to office aides to be surrogate mothers for his baby -- but not using artificial insemination, if you know what we mean and we think you do.
It's shaped up as a tight race for Lesko, even though it's in a district carried by un- indicted co- conspirator Donald "Rump" Trump by 21 points. Democrats have been outperforming polls in recent special and off- year elections, carried by enthusiasm -- which translates to rising turnout. Let's hope the momentum continues today.
Polls close at 8 pm local time.
(Photo: Dr. Tipirneni)
