Ron Barber, who served as district director for former Representative Gabrielle Giffords, says he plans to run for a full term representing Arizona’s second congressional district.

The fields for Arizona’s Congressional races are starting to take shape, and political observers say several of them appear to be competitive.

Latinos are the fastest-growing group in the United States, comprised of different ethnicities, faiths, political leanings, and economic situations. And candidates must increasingly stand up and take notice of how Latinos can affect their chance of getting elected. How do you think Latino voters will affect the elections in 2012?

Former state party chair Andrei Cherny explains why he’s chosen to run for the newly formed Congressional District 9.

Former state lawmaker Kyrsten Sinema talks about why she is running for Congress in the newly formed 9^th district in Arizona.

State Senate Minority Leader David Schapira is one of the candidates running for the newly formed 9^th Congressional District. He explains why he makes an excellent candidate for Congress.

 WASHINGTON (AP) — Gabrielle Giffords has resigned from the House with a standing ovation from her colleagues, more than a year after she was gravely wounded by a would-be assassin.

The last bill sponsored by Congressman Gabrielle Giffords will heard in the U-S House of Representatives this morning.  The measure toughens penalities for those caught smuggling drugs across the border in ultralight aircraft. 

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords announced Sunday that she will resign from Congress. She said she needs more time to heal from last year’s assassination attempt. From Tucson, Michel Marizco reports.