Russell Pearce, the once-powerful Arizona legislator best known for sponsoring the state’s harsh immigration law, announced Monday night he plans to mount a comeback for elected office despite being thrown out of his seat by voters in a recall last fall.At a Tea Party rally with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and other conservatives in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa, Ariz., Pearce declared his intent to run for the Republican nomination for state Senate.
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