Former Representative Gabrielle Giffords is planning to hit the campaign trail Saturday when she will attend a concert aimed at rallying supporters for Ron Barber, a former aide who hopes to succeed her representative of Arizona’s eighth district.
Giffords, who has endorsed Barber, has not previously appeared with Barber ahead of the June 12 special election.
“I am excited to be on stage with Gabby to encourage Southern Arizonans to get to the polls and vote in this important election,” Barber said in an announcement of the event posted on his campaign website.
Barber was among those wounded in the shooting spree in January 2011 in which six were killed and Giffords was left with the injuries that led to her resignation from the house.
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