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By BallotWire
07/21/2026
The Wire: Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs won Arizona's Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday, setting up a November collision with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and capping a night in which the president's picks swept the state's marquee races.
Why it counts: Hobbs is among the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents in the country, and Arizona is one of five governorship toss-up races. The night also settled two of the most competitive House races in the country, both opened by Republicans leaving Congress to run statewide.
The margin: The results, race by race.
Governor: Biggs beat Rep. David Schweikert along with businessmen Scott Neely and Ken Miceli, taking roughly 73% of the vote. Hobbs ran unopposed.
AZ-01: Former NFL kicker Jay Feely won the GOP primary with about 49%, ahead of former state Rep. Joseph Chaplik at 35%. Democrat Amish Shah won his primary with 39.8% to Marlene Galán-Woods's 34.1% at 95% counted.
AZ-05: Former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb took Biggs's open seat with 58.6% to Daniel Keenan's 41.4%.
AZ-06: Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani and Democrat JoAnna Mendoza, a Marine Corps veteran, both advanced unopposed.
Attorney general: Senate President Warren Petersen beat Rodney Glassman 56% to 44% and will challenge Democrat Kris Mayes.
Secretary of state: State Rep. Alexander Kolodin defeated former state GOP chair Gina Swoboda and faces Democratic incumbent Adrian Fontes.
The fine print: Biggs, a Freedom Caucus hardliner who voted against certifying the 2020 results, entered with Trump's endorsement and a fundraising edge. The field narrowed in February when Karrin Taylor Robson, whom Trump had also endorsed, suspended her campaign rather than fuel a divisive primary. Because both Biggs and Schweikert gave up their House seats to run, two competitive districts opened at once.
On the record: Feely, who was recruited into the race by Trump and other GOP leaders, pitched himself against the grain: "I'm not somebody who is a partisan guy," he told reporters.
The counter: National Democrats took a direct hit in AZ-01. The DCCC backed Galán-Woods and ran late ads attacking Shah, who accused a "broken cabal" of putting its thumb on the scale. It was the third DCCC-backed primary loss this cycle, following Maine and California. Republicans had their own uncomfortable result: Lamb won easily even though Keenan made misconduct allegations the center of his campaign.
The backdrop: Hobbs beat Kari Lake by less than a point in 2022, and no Arizona statewide candidate has lost a primary with Trump's endorsement, though only Doug Ducey has gone on to win a general. The secretary of state race carries its own stakes. Kolodin filed lawsuits challenging the 2020 results, and Fontes is already running ads on that record, echoing how Hobbs used her own elections work to win in 2022.
Looking ahead: AZ-01 is a toss-up in a district Trump carried by just over 3 points, and AZ-06 is again a top Democratic target. The governor's race headlines the ticket on Nov. 3, with the attorney general and secretary of state contests both rated competitive.