By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services
The Sunday announcement by Joe Biden that he was not running for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris produced a flurry of reaction on social media from Arizona politicians, elected officials and groups.
They largely fell along party lines, with a key exception being Mesa Mayor John Giles, a Republican. But he has broken with the GOP before, even appearing ahead of the 2022 election with Katie Hobbs and Mark Kelly when both were running for election.
One note of interest came from Bo Dul, the former state elections director and now general counsel to Hobbs.
She posted that under Arizona law, the new Democratic nominees for president and vice president will qualify to appear on the general election ballot in Arizona as long as the chair of the state party submits nomination documents for presidential electors to the secretary of state by Aug. 9 at 5 p.m.
