The National Review Online reports that with Sen. John McCain having lost his bid for president, “there are some Republicans in Arizona who would like to see him lose his Senate office, too. ‘I’ll do anything I can to support his Republican opponent, whoever that might be,’ Rob Haney, who until last week was chairman of the Republican party in Arizona’s District 11,” said recently. Noting that “McCain won just 47 percent of the vote” in Arizona’s GOP primary, and defeated Obama in Arizona “by a 54-45 margin,” the article says “Haney and others are” hoping ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth will challenge McCain in the 2010 GOP primary.

The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that “Minnesota is on the verge of losing a seat in Congress after the 2010 census, state demographer Tom Gillaspy said Monday.” Although the state’s population is growing, it is doing so at a slower rate than the national average, Gillaspy said. “As a result, one of the state’s eight congressional seats is likely to be reapportioned to a faster-growing state before the 2012 election.” Gillaspy said Minnesota is “just below the line right now,” based on his latest analysis of census data. Still, there’s still hope for a reprieve, he told a forum. “It’s at least as close as the Minnesota Senate race,” he said, a reference to the ongoing recount in the race between GOP Sen. Norm Coleman and challenger Al Franken. “Minnesota has had eight House seats since 1962. It had 10 seats from 1912 to 1932, when it dropped to nine. “