Jerry Lewis

State Sen. Jerry Lewis, R-Mesa.

Jerry Lewis

Arizona state senatorial candidate Jerry Lewis waves to supporters Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 at his home in Mesa, Ariz. Voters in a Phoenix-area legislative district decide Tuesday whether to oust state Sen. Russell Pearce, the sponsor of Arizona's groundbreaking immigration enforcement law, in an unprecedented recall election. The recall election, forced by a petition drive, is the first for an Arizona legislator. Lewis if challenging Pearce in the recall. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis files petitions Aug. 18, 2011, to qualify for the ballot in Legislative District 18 in Mesa. He is challenging state Senate President Russell Pearce in the first statewide recall of an Arizona elected official.

Jerry Lewis

Charter school executive Jerry Lewis announces his candidacy for the Arizona State Senate District 18 seat Wednesday, July 27, 2011 in Mesa, Ariz. Lewis is seeking the seat currently held by Arizona State Senate President Russell Pearce, author of Arizona's SB1070 immigration bill and other border related bills. Pearce is facing a voter recall in a November 8, 2011 election. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Jerry Lewis

Mesa resident Jerry Lewis has scheduled an anouncement for Wednesday morning about his candidacy to oust Senate President Russell Pearce in a November recall election.

Jerry Lewis

Mesa resident Jerry Lewis has scheduled an anouncement for Wednesday morning about his candidacy to oust Senate President Russell Pearce in a November recall election.

Jerry Lewis

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2008 file photo, Jerry Lewis listens to the final tally of donations during the 43rd annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day Telethon a the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas. After 45 years, Lewis, 85, is retiring as host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Labor Day telethon, the comedian said Monday, May 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Sun, Steve Marcus, File) ** LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL OUT **

Jerry Lewis, Pam Lewis Wessner

Arizona state senatorial candidate Jerry Lewis embraces his sister, Pam Lewis Wessner, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011 at his home in Mesa, Ariz. Voters in a Phoenix-area legislative district decide Tuesday whether to oust state Sen. Russell Pearce, the sponsor of Arizona's groundbreaking immigration enforcement law, in an unprecedented recall election. The recall election, forced by a petition drive, is the first for an Arizona legislator. Lewis if challenging Pearce in the recall. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Jerry Lewis, Pam Lewis Wessner

Jerry Lewis, Russell Pearce

Republicans Jerry Lewis, left, and Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce shake hands after a debate on the campus of East Valley Institute of Technology and put on by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce, Thursday, October 6, 2011 in Mesa.