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Andy Biggs and David Schweikert offer competing visions for Republican Party in Arizona primary

Schweikert argues that Biggs’s uncompromising approach will not serve Arizona Republicans well statewide.

Andy Biggs and David Schweikert offer competing visions for Republican Party in Arizona primary
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Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are competing in Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary, with the race framed as a choice between Biggs’s hard-line, Trump-aligned politics and Schweikert’s more traditionally conservative approach. The article also describes contested House primaries in Schweikert’s district.

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Republican candidate for Arizona governor

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Andy Biggs
R · AZ-5

Republican candidate for Arizona governor

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Democratic candidate for the House seat in Schweikert’s district

Mike Johnson
R · LA-4

Speaker of the House

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President and endorser of Biggs

Former President of the United States

Kari Lake
R · AZ

Former Republican gubernatorial nominee

Jay Feely
R · AZ

Republican candidate for the House seat in Schweikert’s district

Amish Shah
D · AZ

Democratic candidate for the House seat in Schweikert’s district

Republican candidate for the House seat in Schweikert’s district

Kevin McCarthy
Former U.S. Representative (R-CA)

Former Speaker of the House

Republican candidate for the House seat in Schweikert’s district

ALSO MENTIONED  Doug Ducey, Former Arizona governor; Grant Woods, Former Arizona attorney general; Kathleen Dunbar, Former Tucson City Council member and Schweikert supporter; Katie Hobbs, Arizona governor and prospective general-election opponent

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Biggs Defeats Schweikert in Arizona Republican Gubernatorial Primary

Andy Biggs and David Schweikert competed in Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary. Center outlets frame the contest as a choice over the party’s direction, emphasizing Schweikert’s argument for a less uncompromising approach. Right-leaning outlets place the governor’s race in a broader live-results survey and present Republican candidates and positions favorably while criticizing Democrats.

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