Candidates backed by President Donald Trump swept through their Republican primaries in Arizona on Tuesday while the Democratic primary for a key Phoenix-area battleground House race remained uncalled as of early Wednesday morning.
In the GOP gubernatorial primary to take on Gov. Katie Hobbs, voters overwhelmingly backed Rep. Andy Biggs, an anti-establishment conservative and former chair of the hard-line House Freedom Caucus. With 75 percent of the vote in, Biggs led a four-way field with 73 percent of the vote, according to The Associated Press, with his nearest opponent, Rep. David Schweikert, trailing with 15 percent. Hobbs was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Biggs is leaving behind the deep-red 5th District, a suburban seat southeast of Phoenix where Trump-backed Mark Lamb defeated homebuilder Daniel Keenan in the GOP primary.
In recent weeks, Lamb, a former Pinal County sheriff who ran for Senate in 2024, has been embroiled in scandal. An Arizona Republic investigation found that he used threats to suppress allegations of sexting and shared homophobic and racist texts. Lamb has called the allegations “lies.”
Lamb was leading Keenan, 59 percent to 41 percent, with 75 percent of the vote in, the AP reported. He will next face Democrat Elizabeth Lee, a progressive who prevailed in a three-way primary, in a district Trump carried by 20 points in 2024.
