McCain challenged by talk-show host for Senate seat

A former US congressman has taken up a campaign bid to challenge veteran Republican Senator John McCain in a showdown of prominent Republicans in the State of Arizona.

“Arizona needs strong, reliable, conservative leadership to stand up to the Democrats' leftist agenda,” said J. D. Hayworth, currently a conservative talk-radio host.

In Arizona, according to an AP report, many conservatives have become skeptical of McCain partly due to his collaboration with some Democrats on issues such as campaign finance reform and immigration.

In a campaign event in the City of Tempe, McCain, the Republican presidential nominee who was defeated by Barack Obama in 2008, reminded his listeners of Hayworth's dealings with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, widely regarded as an Israeli lobbyist.

Hayworth, as a congressman, received more than $150,000 from Indian tribes once represented by Abramoff, who pleaded guilty in a 2006 public corruption investigation.

As primary elections in different American states are shaping up, US voters will determine their Republican and Democratic nominees for next November's congressional and gubernatorial elections.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118751§ionid=3510203.