After months of debating, campaign and fundraising, the moment candidates had been waiting for had finally arrived. On November 2, 2010 millions of Americans took time out of their day to do their civic duty, vote. Across the nations candidates cross their figures in hopes that they can out victorious, others in hopes of seeing a miracle happen.
In Arizona’s 3rd district the race was always a heated one, a very close contest. Everyone wanted to know, who was going to win the seat of former eight-term Republican representative John Shadegg? Democrat Jon Hulburd and Republican Ben Quayle threw their hats in the ring, to fight for the seat. The campaign trail was full of hot moments, scandals and a lot of attacks, but over the months became a very close race.
On Election Day all they could do now was watch and wait to see who the voters chose. After the polls closed and all 184,671 votes were tallied it was clear to everyone that Ben Quayle would be the next representative for Arizona’s 3rd district. According to the New Times Quayle earned 96,746 votes, approximately 52.4% of the vote while Hulburd received 41.2%, 76,055 votes. All in all it was a good night for Republicans picking up 60 seats giving them 239 sets and control of the House of Representatives. According to the Arizona Central, Quayle savored the victory, saying the voters had rejected a campaign that didn't offer solutions to their problems. He stated that “They realized the negative attacks just weren't going to stick and they didn't listen to it,” that “they wanted to hear about the issues that are affecting the country right now. That's what it came down to.”
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