By Jeremy Duda | Arizona Mirror
Two Republican senators are raising big bucks as they try to fend off vigorous challenges, while a perennial GOP candidate who’s notched five losses since 2010 leads all legislative hopefuls as she seeks to unseat a longtime incumbent.
Wendy Rogers, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot who has lost legislative and congressional races in districts across the state since 2010, has now raised $400,000 in her bid to unseat Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, in the Republican primary. Allen, who has been in the legislature since 2009, has raised just $58,000.
Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, is also looking to fend off an intra-party challenge. A moderate Republican who is often at odds with her more conservative colleagues, Carter now faces a GOP primary challenge from her longtime seatmate, Rep. Nancy Barto.
As of the end of the first quarter of the year, Carter had raised $251,000, compared to Barto’s $114,000.
