Election 2016: Babeu attends fundraiser in Washington, D.C.
FLORENCE — Pinal County Sheriff and Congressional District 1 hopeful Paul Babeu attended a fundraiser for his campaign in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.
Reps. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Richard Nugent, R-Fla., were the event’s “honorary hosts,” according to a press release. Former Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe, the second openly gay Republican to serve in Congress and the first from Arizona, was one of 13 members on the host committee; Babeu came out publicly as a gay man in 2012 during his first bid for Congress, a campaign he ultimately abandoned.
Other notable members included former Rep. Charles Bass, R-N.H., Gregory Angelo, president of the conservative LGBT group Log Cabin Republicans and Robbie Aiken, chief lobbyist for Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the parent company of Arizona Public Service Co.
