Republican candidates aligned with Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen 2020 election won key races in Arizona’s primary, according to the Washington Post. Andy Biggs, a U.S. House member and Trump ally, won the GOP nomination for governor and will face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November.
Biggs took 73.4% of the vote, easily defeating Rep. David Schweikert, who received 14.7%. Biggs is a member of the House Freedom Caucus and has been one of the most prominent Arizona Republicans to embrace the idea that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
Other election-denial candidates also prevailed in the GOP primary. State Sen. Warren Petersen won the nomination for attorney general after raising doubts about the 2020 election results and forwarding Maricopa County findings to the FBI, even though the county’s results were later reaffirmed. State Rep. Alexander Kolodin won the race for secretary of state; as a lawyer, he was disciplined by his bar association for taking part in a lawsuit that made false claims about election fraud.
The article also said Kolodin has continued to back bills aimed at limiting mail voting and early voting. The final line of the Korean article is cut off, so details beyond Arizona’s 1st Congressional District are not included here.