A fifth-term MAGA loyalist is running for Arizona governor by pretending he's bipartisan, and his hometown crowd literally booed him for naming Democratic colleagues. Andy Biggs, a Freedom Caucus stalwart who championed reversing the 2020 result, spent a recent debate name-dropping Hakeem Jeffries and Mark Kelly as proof he can bridge the partisan divide.
His actual strategy is moderating the packaging while keeping every position intact, which Arizona Republicans apparently need after handing Democrats both Senate seats and most statewide offices across the last ten years. Kari Lake and Blake Masters already torch-tested that firebrand approach, and voters swatted them down repeatedly.
Turning Point USA, the Phoenix outfit Charlie Kirk built before his assassination in Utah, has deployed hundreds of paid field workers behind Biggs. Eight-term congressman David Schweikert trails in polls but landed haymakers about Biggs showing up at a Proud Boys rally. The group tried recruiting Danica Patrick and Jeremy Roenick for a House seat, and both said hard pass.
His actual strategy is moderating the packaging while keeping every position intact, which Arizona Republicans apparently need after handing Democrats both Senate seats and most statewide offices across the last ten years. Kari Lake and Blake Masters already torch-tested that firebrand approach, and voters swatted them down repeatedly.
Turning Point USA, the Phoenix outfit Charlie Kirk built before his assassination in Utah, has deployed hundreds of paid field workers behind Biggs. Eight-term congressman David Schweikert trails in polls but landed haymakers about Biggs showing up at a Proud Boys rally. The group tried recruiting Danica Patrick and Jeremy Roenick for a House seat, and both said hard pass.
