\Casa Grande Dispatch
(Editor’s note: Opinion pieces are posted only for purposes of discussion.)
District 8, which includes most of Casa Grande and much of Eloy as well as Coolidge, Florence and much of San Tan Valley, has a wide field of candidates. Most of the action will be in the Aug. 26 primary, as only two Democrats filed.
The two Republican House incumbents, Frank Pratt of Casa Grande and T.J. Shope of Coolidge, face a challenge from Darla Dawald of Casa Grande and Wayne Bachmann of San Tan Valley. Democrat Carmen Casillas of Globe is unopposed in the primary.
Pratt and Shope have been responsible representatives for their district, working to craft legislation in a time of continuing tight budgets. Their grasp of the state’s issues was apparent in a Dispatch candidate forum Thursday night.
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