Former Tucson television news anchor Patty Weiss and Ron Drake, the ex-mayor of Avondale, have launched bids for Arizona congressional seats. Weiss, a longtime Tucson TV anchor, is looking to ...

Weiss would then make a stop in San Diego, anchoring there for two years before coming back to Tucson. Hired by KVOA shortly after in 1975, she quickly became the most watched anchor in her hometown.

At an afternoon get-together last month in her Arizona Inn-area home, Patty Weiss met with District 8 rival Jeff Latas and his wife, Salette.

Patty Weiss picked a special spot to kick off her campaign for Congress. "Palo Verde High School, my alma mater," she said. "It's where it all started for me." Weiss on Monday becomes the latest ...