Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) defeated Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) in the Republican primary and will face incumbent Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) in Arizona‘s November gubernatorial election.
With 39% of the vote counted as of Tuesday evening, Biggs took 69.6% of the vote compared to Schweikert’s 17.2%, according to the Associated Press. Republicans Scott Neely and Ken Miceli took third and fourth place, respectively, with 7% and 5.4% of the vote.
Biggs is the latest gubernatorial candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump to win his primary, marking a win for Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda in the Grand Canyon State.
Biggs’s win also marks a major boon for Turning Point USA, which has supported the congressman’s campaign for governor since the organization’s late founder, Charlie Kirk, endorsed him in May 2025. His resounding win shows the organization’s continued influence in Kirk’s longtime home state of Arizona nearly one year after the founder’s assassination.
Biggs had led Schweikert and the rest of the candidate field by double digits in primary polling throughout the year.
Biggs and Schweikert mainly sparred over their ideas for the future of the Republican Party in Arizona, typically a GOP stronghold, but the state currently has a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators. Schweikert, an eight-term congressman, marketed himself as a centrist throughout the primary who could realistically make up ground that the Democratic Party had gained in the state.
“I’ve spent my career in Congress tirelessly fighting for our shared conservative principles and I’ve done it in one of the toughest congressional districts in the country for Republicans to win,” Schweikert’s campaign website said. “I’m the only candidate in the Republican primary for Governor with a proven record of consistently defeating the Democrats in tough races.”
Biggs, a five-term congressman who has gained popularity for his conservative stances as the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, elevated himself as a conservative firebrand ready to turn the tide on Democratic leadership throughout the primary.
“Arizona is ready for change,” Biggs wrote on X in the lead-up to the election. “We’re ready to live in a safe, affordable state again. And on Tuesday, we’ll take the next step towards getting rid of Katie Hobbs and Restoring the American Dream in Arizona.”
While both Biggs and Schweikert campaigned on affordability concerns like creating more jobs and lowering taxes in Arizona, Biggs highlighted his priority of election integrity and security in the state that became a hotbed for Trump’s election fraud claims.
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Biggs will take on Hobbs in the November general election, which pundits have speculated could be a close race for the incumbent Democrat.
Though controlled by a Democratic governor and represented by Democratic senators, Arizona voted for Trump in 2024 by a 5.5-point margin. The state voted for former President Joe Biden in 2020.
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
