After next week's election, we may have as many as four black conservative Republicans in the U.S. House. In addition to Utah's Mia Love, Arizona's Vernon Parker has a good shot at winning Phoenix metro's new seat. The conservative Republican is running against a self-identified bisexual, "Prada socialist" Democrat in the swing district. From KNAU Arizona Public Radio: "He’s the 52-year old former mayor of Paradise Valley, Ariz.
and previous member of the Bush administration who grew up poor. He also
would be Arizona’s first black representative in Congress."
More about Mr. Parker's U.S. Congressional bid: "'[This race is] probably unique to the whole country,' said Wes Gullett,
a Phoenix political analyst. 'Where you have an African-American
Republican and a bisexual Democrat running against each other. That
probably doesn’t happen too often.' To be clear, neither candidate is drawing attention to their race or sexuality. In
fact, they aren’t drawing much attention to their party affiliations,
either. That’s because Independents are surging in Arizona. In the brand
new 9th District, voters who are unaffiliated with either major party
slightly outnumber either Democrats or Republicans."
Vernon Parker On The Verge Of Joining The U.S. Congress
