Arizona - Republican Drops Out of Rematch - NYTimes.com Jesse Kelly, the Tea Party Republican who sought former Representative Gabrielle Giffords's seat in Congress, has dropped out of the fall race, two days after losing a special election to serve out her term. Mr. Kelly said Thursday that he made the decision after "looking at the results from Tuesday." He lost to the Democrat, Ron Barber, by six percentage points. Mr. Barber was a Giffords aide when he was wounded in the mass shooting that badly wounded her. He will have to win again in the November general election to keep the seat.