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President Trump's push to make election rules his signature issue faces an early stress test in Arizona on Tuesday. The state's primaries feature a slate of Republicans who have challenged or questioned the 2020 result and are now seeking offices that would give them direct influence over how future elections are run, Bloomberg reports. On the ballot: state Rep. Alexander Kolodin, sanctioned over his role in failed 2020 election lawsuits, is running for secretary of state, while state Senate President Warren Petersen, who turned over records from Arizona's controversial 2020 vote audit to the FBI, is seeking the attorney general's job.
Both have centered "election security" as a campaign theme, mirroring Trump's focus on his SAVE America Act voting bill, which GOP Senate leaders say lacks the votes to pass. The primaries unfold in a fast-growing, politically shifting state where voters are more likely to name living costs and foreign conflicts as top issues, Bloomberg reports.
・In the governor's race, Gov. Katie Hobbs is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination, the Hill reports. The GOP contenders include US Reps. Andy Biggs and David Schweikert. Trump has endorsed Biggs, former head of the House Freedom Caucus. Biggs aided Trump's attempt to block certification of his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, the AP reports.
・Primaries for both parties are expected to be tight in the race to replace Shweikert in the state's 1st District, which Democrats are hoping to flip. The 5th District seat being vacated by Biggs is viewed as a safer Republican seat, but the GOP primary race turned "salacious" after Trump's chosen candidate, former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, was accused of sexual misconduct and abuse of power, reports the AP. The county attorney cleared Lamb of wrongdoing.
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