Name & Party:
Jon Hulburd
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REPUBLICAN
Ben Quayle
Basic Info:
Lawyer, small businessman
Age: 50
Lawyer, son of Dan Quayle
Age: 33
Issues:
- Supports health-care reform with tweaks
- Wants to extend Bush tax cuts
- Supports Arizona immigration law
- Wants to repeal health-care reform
- Wants to extend Bush tax cuts
- Supports Arizona immigration law
Polling At:46%44%Campaign Chest:$412,000$454,000Key Quote:"No American should be denied a job in favor of an underpaid, illegal immigrant.""Barack Obama is the worst president in history."Petty Controversy:In 1999, was sued by a country-club employee for spreading rumor about a lesbian relationshipWrote off-color satire for a website called Dirty Scottsdale, allegedly under the name of a fictional porn starWild card:The latest poll showing heavily favored Quayle trailing Hulburd was sponsored by the liberal Daily Kos blog
Dueling Ads:"Compass": Hulburd takes Quayle to task for having a "broken" moral compass"Obama": Quayle's high-profile ad argues that he's capable of taking on Washington
Jon Hulburd's "Compass":
Ben Quayle's "Obama":
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Ghislaine Maxwell: angling for a Trump pardonTalking Point Convicted sex trafficker's testimony could shed new light on president's links to Jeffrey Epstein
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The last words and final moments of 40 presidentsThe Explainer Some are eloquent quotes worthy of the holders of the highest office in the nation, and others... aren't
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'Seriously, not literally': how should the world take Donald Trump?Today's big question White House rhetoric and reality look likely to become increasingly blurred
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Will Trump's 'madman' strategy pay off?Today's Big Question Incoming US president likes to seem unpredictable but, this time round, world leaders could be wise to his playbook
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US election: where things stand with one week to goThe Explainer Harris' lead in the polls has been narrowing in Trump's favour, but her campaign remains 'cautiously optimistic'
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Is Trump okay?Today's Big Question Former president's mental fitness and alleged cognitive decline firmly back in the spotlight after 'bizarre' town hall event
