Tucked in a teal booth at a local diner, beneath murals of an old copper-mining town, the southern Arizona political newcomer eagerly collected business cards from small-business owners over breakfast.
In a very purple district stretching east from Tucson to New Mexico, Lea Marquez Peterson, the Republican running for an open House seat here, needed every single one.
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In Tucson, Lea Marquez Peterson was heralded as a new face for the party’s future — a conservative, Hispanic woman — but her campaign has struggled to gain traction.
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