By Kaci DeMarest | KTAR
Republican U.S. Rep. David Schweikert expressed confidence Wednesday that he will defeat challenger Dr. Hiral Tipirneni in November’s election.
Tipirneni was projected to win the Democratic nomination after taking a 17-point lead in initial results.
“You never want to downplay a race, you take everything serious, but you do have this thing called math,” Schweikert told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News. ”
“This is a district she does not live in, she has not run in this district—she ran in a district out on the west side a couple of time and lost there—and the math makes it very clear, particularly in a presidential race, it’s not going to happen.”