Thought this was interesting.....FWIW most of these people were registered Repubs til JULY!
Candidate Name - Party and Date of Re-registration - Date/Time filed sham Candidacy - Office Sought
Larry Gist * (Previously Republican) Obtained needed petitions, not running as write-in candidate. Governor
Michelle Lochmann- July 15, 2010 (Previously Republican) July 15, 2010 at 4:42 PM Secretary of State
Thomas Meadows- July 15, 2010 (original voter registration) July 15, 2010 at 4:51 PM State Treasurer
Benjamin Pearcy- July 14, 2010 (Previously Republican) Corporation Commission
Theodore Gomez- July 15, 2010 (Previously Republican) July 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM Corporation Commission
Ryan Blackman- July 13, 2010 (original voter registration) U.S. Congress District 5
Richard Grayson- (Previously Republican) U.S. Congress District 6
Christopher Campbell- July 15, 2010 (Previously Republican) July 15, 2010 at 2:07 PM State
Senate District 10
Gail Ginger- July 15, 2010 (Previously Republican) July 15, 2010 at 2:16 PM State Senate District 10
Anthony Goshorn Sr.- May 17, 2010 (Previously Libertarian) July 15,2010 at 11:43 AM State Senate District 17
Matthew Shusta- June 1, 2010 (Previously Democrat) July 15, 2010 at 3:03 PM State Senate District 23
Clint Clement- July 13, 2010 (Previously Republican) July 13, 2010 at 1:48 PM State House District 17
Drew Blischak- July 13, 2010 (Previously Republican) July 15, 2010 at 10:27 AM State House District 20
Tim Hensley- July 5, 2010 (Currently Republican) State House District 22
*Larry Gist is listed because he is opposed by the Green Party. In addition, his finance report with the Secretary of State shows a debt of over $12,000, which appears to violate the donation limit by an individual of $410.00. While Mr. Gist followed the appropriate process of gathering signatures to be added to the ballot, Truth Az questions the nature of the debt that financed the collection of those signatures.
www.truthaz.com/shamcandidates.aspx