Election day: Kelly and Barber
Photos from special election day for Congressional District 8. Jesse Kelly and Ron Barber vie for the seat left vacant by Gabrielle Giffords after her resignation.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Democrat Ron Barber hugs his wife Nancy before a victory speech at the University Marriott on Tuesday.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Democrat Ron Barber, right, with former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, celebrates the defeat of Republican Jesse Kelly as Barber's wife Nancy at left, looks on at the University Marriott on Tuesday night.
Ron Barber, Gabrielle Giffords
In an election to fill former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., congressional seat, Democratic candidate Ron Barber, right, celebrates a victory with Giffords, left, as he gives her a hug prior to speaking to supporters at the University Marriott on Tuesday night.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Jesse Kelly, Republican candidate for Congress, District 8, delivers his concession speech with his wife Aubrey by his side during the election eve party at Viscount Suites in Tucson on Tuesday.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Ron Barber, far right, accompanies former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly into St. Cyril's Catholic Church to vote Tuesday in the CD8 special election.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly leave St. Cyril's Catholic Church after voting Tuesday in the CD8 special election.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Kelly supporters Dee Pfeiffer, left, and Shirl Lamonna get a chance to hold signs behind candidate Jesse Kelly as he is interviewed on camera during the a party at Viscount Suites in Tucson.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Republican candidate for Congress, Jesse Kelly, greets Bart Ladd, left, as Wayne Henry, lower, left, and Gary Fielding, right, look on. Kelly made a lunch stop at Jerry Bobs Restaurant at Prince and Campbell, on Tuesday.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Republican congressional candidate Jesse Kelly greets supporters as he arrives for a post-election night event Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. Kelly is running against Democrat Ron Barber, Gabrielle Giffords' former district director, for the seat Giffords left in January to focus on her recovery from a gunshot wound to her head during a gunman's shooting spree a year earlier.
Special election for Congress, District 8
Republican candidate for Congress, Jesse Kelly, laughs as he mixes his eggs and hash browns during a lunch stop at Jerry Bobs Restaurant at Prince and Campbell on Tuesday. Kelly ordered a breakfast meal of eggs, hashbrowns, and toast, saying, "you gotta refuel."
Special election for Congress, District 8
Candidate Jesse Kelly speaks with David Hammond during the election eve party at Viscount Suites in Tucson.
Democrat Ron Barber beat Republican Jesse Kelly in the Congressional District 8 special election.
With all the votes in Cochise, Pinal and Santa Cruz counties counted and nearly all of the early ballots in Pima County plus 38 percent of its…
Democrat Ron Barber will finish the congressional term of his former boss, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.