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Holding The Seat For Gabby

In an election to fill former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., congressional seat, Democratic candidate Ron Barber, middle, pauses as he celebrates a victory with Giffords, right, and his wife Nancy Barber, left, as he addresses supporters at a post election event, Tuesday, in Tucson, Ariz. Gabrielle Giffords' former district director ran, in a special election for the seat Giffords left in January to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to her head during a gunman's shooting spree a year earlier.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, pool)



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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