GOPer Changes Name To Cesar Chavez, Becomes A Dem To Run In Heavily Hispanic District

*Whaaaatt? SMH. Hat tip to Taquista Thurman Williams. VL

By Cartherine Thompson, Talking Points Memo

The Arizona Capitol Times reported Monday that Scott Fistler, who launched a failed write-in campaign as a Republican against Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ) in 2012, successfully petitioned an Arizona superior court last November to change his legal name to Cesar Chavez. Chavez also became a Democrat earlier this year before filing to run for the congressional seat being vacated by Pastor, who is retiring.

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