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Official: Bee set to
challenge Giffords


Published on Wednesday, January 23, 2008



The widely anticipated bid by Republican State Senate President Tim Bee challenging first-term Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was to become official Saturday (Jan. 19).

The

Bee’s exploratory committee reported last week it had raised over $300,000 for the race.

Tucson Citizen reported it got that word from Bee’s campaign manager, Meg Econ.