By AZ Capitol Times
Key Points:
- Gov. Katie Hobbs and Congressman Andy Biggs have been trading attacks since July 21
- Hobbs’ refusal to debate and allegations of a pay-to-play scandal give Republicans ammo
- Biggs’ election denial and support for President Donald Trump’s economic agenda leave him vulnerable
The race between Gov. Katie Hobbs and Congressman Andy Biggs took no time turning negative, with both candidates honing in on issues that have long plagued both of them.
Hobbs, the Democratic incumbent, dropped a digital ad dubbed “Big Problem,” four minutes after the Republican primary was called for Biggs on July 21. It skewered the Republican congressman for his support of President Donald Trump’s agenda, including voting for Medicaid cuts and against the release of the Epstein files.
The governor went a step further the week after the primary when talking to voters in Tucson and the national outlet MS NOW. She repeated claims from Republican lawmakers who accused Biggs of protecting the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints sect during his time as Senate president by refusing to hear a bill targeting corruption in the Colorado City/Hilldale Police Department.
Biggs responded a week later with his own digital ad calling out the pay-to-play scandal that has plagued Hobbs’ administration since 2024. The ad urges voters not to trust a governor who is under “ongoing criminal investigation” after a donor to her 2022 campaign received a lucrative rate increase for his business as a group home contractor with the Department of Child Safety.
