Updated
Updated · AZ Luminaria · Jul 22
Arizona Republicans Pick Biggs, Yee Upsets Horne by 55%-45%
Updated
Updated · AZ Luminaria · Jul 22

Arizona Republicans Pick Biggs, Yee Upsets Horne by 55%-45%

3 articles · Updated · AZ Luminaria · Jul 22

Summary

  • Andy Biggs won Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday, setting up a general-election challenge to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.
  • Kimberly Yee led incumbent Tom Horne 55.4% to 44.7% with 46% counted in the GOP superintendent race, while Democrat Teresa Leyba Ruiz’s primary win was called by 9 p.m.
  • Warren Petersen secured the Republican attorney general nomination to face Kris Mayes, and Alexander Kolodin won the GOP primary for secretary of state.
  • In local early returns, Marana Mayor Jon Post held a narrow lead, South Tucson incumbents were ahead, and reform candidate Jackie McGuire remained competitive as immigration detention and a planned data center shaped the town races.

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