11 candidates vie for primary wins in CD2
By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star
Numbers play a huge role in the fight over who replaces Republican Martha McSally in Congressional District 2 in November.
How much money do you have? Number of endorsements. Years served in Congress or the Arizona Legislature. How many yes votes, how many no votes. Number of years you’ve lived in the district. The latest count regarding television ads. Doors knocked on, phone calls made.
With seven Democrats and four Republicans vying to take McSally’s seat in the highly competitive district, support from typical partisan groups ahead of the August primary is fractured, and several campaigns have launched attacks against their rivals.
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McSally, a Tucson Republican, may have handily won re-election in 2016, but the district backed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president, not Donald Trump.
Three-term Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, considered by some as the front-runner in the Democratic primary, tells voters that she alone has a record of standing up to Republicans.
