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   Long before authorities in Los Angeles arrested Ed Buck and   
   accused him of being a violent sexual predator, he was a Phoenix   
   businessman-turned-activist shaking up Arizona politics.   
      
   Now a major Democratic donor, Buck rose to prominence in the   
   late 1980s, leading the campaign to recall Republican Gov. Evan   
   Mecham.   
      
   Though Buck had moved on to Los Angeles, his arrest there this   
   week on suspicion of running a drug house where two men have   
   died brings new attention to his political connections to   
   Democrats in the Grand Canyon State.   
      
   Buck, 65, faces felony charges of battery causing serious   
   injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug   
   house, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said in a   
   statement Wednesday.   
      
   Prosecutors say a 37-year-old man survived a methamphetamine   
   overdose at Buck's West Hollywood house last week. At least two   
   other men have been found dead there in recent years.   
      
   The men were black, and members of the black LGBTQ community in   
   the city have been calling for action.   
      
   In charges filed this week, prosecutors are accusing Buck of   
   preying on men dealing with addiction and homelessness,   
   according to The Los Angeles Times.   
      
   The deaths and mounting calls for action have rippled through   
   Arizona, making Buck a political liability for Democrats in the   
   state during recent years.   
      
   The Arizona Republic found then-Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema was   
   among the top individual recipients of Buck's contributions at   
   the federal level since 2004.   
      
   The Democrat, who won a seat in the U.S. Senate last year,   
   quietly unloaded $33,800 to charity.   
      
   Campaign finance records also show Buck backing a few Democrats   
   for office at the state level.   
      
   Buck donated $840 to Andrei Cherny's campaign for treasurer in   
   2010, according to campaign finance records. He also donated   
   $840 to Sam Wercinski's campaign for Secretary of State in 2010   
   and $140 to Terry Goddard's exploratory committee for governor   
   in 2009, campaign finance records show.   
      
   But the state's campaign finance record portal does not show any   
   more recent donations to candidates.   
      
   https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/09/18   
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