Arizona’s Ninth District is a new one created because of redistricting, and it’s shaping up to be one of the interesting races* this cycle: not least of which is because the Democrat tapped for it is, well, nuts. I spoke with Vernon Parker – the non-crazy one – about the race:

[youtube]f9gYz6hmR8M[/youtube]

Vernon’s site is here.

Moe Lane (crosspost)

*Also possibly one of the nastier ones, alas. This flyer is reportedly being sent around, showing a picture of Vernon Parker that was noticeably darkened. Which is a horrible thing to accuse the Arizona Democratic party of – only, the Utah Democratic party did pretty much the same thing to Mia Love. It’s heart-breaking that there are still sad, ignorant people out there who think that this sort of thing actually works…