Aug 7 | by: Barrett Marson, guest contributor.

On Monday Aug 6, Republican congressional candidate for district one, Jonathan Paton held a tailgate townhall in the city of Holbrook to commemorate the three year anniversary of liberal Ann Kirkpatrick walking out on her constituents.

The townhall was held from the back of a pickup truck across the street from where Kirkpatrick walked out.

“One of the issues in this campaign is that we have a Washington political insider named Ann Kirkpatrick who is beholden to liberal special interest groups and doesn’t want to face her own constituents,” said Paton.

Kirkpatrick is supported by a Who’s Who of Washington special interests, including the SEIU union that boycotted Arizona. Less than 1/3 of Kirkpatrick’s campaign funds in the last quarter were raised in Arizona.

Paton added: “I make a promise to the people of this district today: I will never walk out on the state of Arizona, I will never walk out on a townhall, and I will never walk out on you.”

Kirkpatrick has continued refusing to answer public and unfiltered questions from the voters and the media, skipping out on a recent candidate forum hosted by the White Mountain Democrats, the Maricopa Monitor, and an upcoming television debate on KUAT.

You can watch the video of Ann Kirkpatrick walking out on her constituents here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLjcmKMUwEc