Jeff Flake launches Senate bid in midst of pro-Patriot Act authorization votes

U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake was the first off the bat to throw his hat into the ring, just days after Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)’s – number two on the Senate Republican leadership ladder as Majority Whip – surprise retirement announcement.

Flake has compiled one of the most libertarian voting records of any Member of Congress, keeping true to his principles when he went ot Washington after serving as executive director of the Goldwater Institute, Arizona’s state-based free market think tank.