Highlights
- Andy Biggs captured 71% of the Republican gubernatorial primary vote July 21, with the race called minutes after 8 p.m.
- Warren Petersen led Rodney Glassman 56-44% in the GOP attorney general primary, though that race had not been called as of initial results.
- Biggs will face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November; Hobbs and AG Kris Mayes ran unopposed in the Democratic primaries.
- Cook Political Report shifted the Arizona governor's race rating to 'lean Democrat' this month, per NBC News.
Congressman Andy Biggs claimed the Republican nomination for Arizona governor on July 21, taking more than 71% of the primary vote in a race called minutes after the first results dropped at 8 p.m., according to the Arizona Capitol Times. Fellow U.S. Rep. David Schweikert finished a distant second at 16%, with businessman Scott Neely at 7% and Ken Miceli at 5%.
Biggs will face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November. Hobbs won her 2022 election by less than 1 percentage point, and Cook Political Report shifted the race rating to 'lean Democrat' this month, NBC News reported. More than one-third of Arizona's voters are not registered with either major party, according to the same report.
Biggs was not present when the race was called. His wife Cindy told attendees at his watch party at 9:40 p.m. that he had traveled that morning to a Republican Governors' Association meeting and weather delays kept him from returning to the jet hangar at Dillon Precision in north Scottsdale until after 11 p.m. Biggs said in a written statement that his goal had been to unite the Republican Party and that he intended to campaign across party lines in the general election.
In the attorney general primary, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen held a 56-44% lead over Rodney Glassman, though that race had not been called as of initial results. The contest centered on legal credentials: Petersen has claimed credit for establishing what he described as a "mini Solicitor General's office" in the Senate to defend state laws that AG Kris Mayes declined to back, while Glassman pointed to his record in the U.S. Judge Advocate General Reserves. Neither candidate secured an endorsement from Turning Point U.S.A. or from President Donald Trump. Petersen led in every county except Santa Cruz, Cochise, Greenlee and La Paz, per an Associated Press ballot breakdown cited by the Capitol Times.
From the stage at Biggs' watch party, Petersen declared an early victory and said he believes Arizona deserves leadership reflecting "common sense, public safety, accountability, and respect for the rule of law."
Hobbs and Mayes ran unopposed in the Democratic primaries. Winners of the November general election will serve four-year terms.
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- azcapitoltimes.com retrieved 22/07/2026 05:49
- nbcnews.com retrieved 22/07/2026 05:49
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