I missed the leadership races, of course. Congrats to Boehner, whose big win was no surprise. And to Blunt, whose solid victory shocked me at least. In my catch-up reading I came across this curious item in the Arizona Republic about Shadegg:
Shadegg would not say so Friday, but his efforts to defeat Blunt may have been hindered by fellow Arizona GOP Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who is steamed over his defeat last week by Democrat Harry Mitchell.
In angry comments to fellow House Republicans this week in Washington, Hayworth has been pointing to what he views as involvement by Shadegg and fellow Arizona Rep. Jeff Flake in negative pre-election depictions of him and other Republicans in some media.
Hayworth was not available for comment for this story.






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