Feb 10, 2012

CNN: Injured Giffords aide running for now-vacant Congressional seat

Ron Barber, an aide to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will run for the Arizona Congressional seat left empty when Giffords resigned from Congress last month.

Barber, a Democrat, was wounded in the January 2011 shooting that left Giffords with a severe head wound. She has been undergoing intensive rehabilitation since, and announced in January she would resign from Congress to focus on her recovery.

"Our community needs someone who will put politics aside and solve problems for the people of Southern Arizona," Barber said in a statement. "My commitment is to be honest with the people of this district and help restore civility to our public life."

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