President Trump's endorsed candidates ran the table in Arizona's Republican primaries Tuesday night, capturing the gubernatorial nomination, two congressional seats, and the secretary of state race in a battleground state both parties need.
Rep. Andy Biggs, a former House Freedom Caucus chairman and close White House ally, won the GOP gubernatorial primary with 71.8% of the vote, Breitbart reported, crushing fellow Rep. David Schweikert, who managed just 15.5%. Biggs now advances to a general election clash with Democratic incumbent Gov. Katie Hobbs, a race both parties view as a midterm litmus test for Trump's second term and a preview of Arizona's role in 2028.
The margin was not close. Biggs dominated a field that included Schweikert, who had abandoned his own congressional seat last September to mount a gubernatorial bid that the Daily Caller noted was ultimately "cut short." The nearly 60-point spread sent a blunt message about where Arizona Republican voters stand: with Trump's picks, and decisively.
Biggs struck a confident tone at his victory party. As Newsmax reported, the congressman told supporters:
"Let's make this the year that we turn Arizona red again."
He followed up with a broader statement on the results:
"Tonight's results show that Arizonans overwhelmingly believe in our vision and I'm grateful to have earned their support."
Hobbs wasted no time going on offense. The Democratic governor posted on X within hours of the results, targeting Biggs directly:
"Andy Biggs has spent his career selling out Arizona families for billionaires, special interests, and even convicted sex offenders. The more Arizonans learn about Biggs, the more they'll realize he's one big problem they can't afford."
Hobbs did not specify the "convicted sex offenders" reference. The attack line previews what will likely be a bruising general election in a state where Hobbs herself barely won four years ago, defeating Republican Kari Lake by less than one percentage point.
Republicans have reason to believe the terrain has shifted. Voter registration numbers tell part of the story: GOP registration in Arizona has grown by 6% while Democratic registration has fallen by 4%. But Democrats still hold both U.S. Senate seats and the top three statewide offices, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. Biggs enters the general election trailing Hobbs by roughly five points in polling averages, so the registration gains have not yet translated into a clear statewide advantage.
In Arizona's 1st Congressional District, former NFL kicker Jay Feely captured the Republican nomination in what CNN described as a competitive primary. Feely, who spent 14 seasons in professional football, including four with the Arizona Cardinals, earned Trump's endorsement and leaned into that relationship on the campaign trail.
The New York Post reported Feely's pitch to voters was direct:
"Who can call [Trump] and who can get him to answer? That's me. He will take my call and he will listen. I have the ability to have the ear of the president."
The seat opened after Schweikert left to chase the governor's mansion. Democrats have targeted AZ-1 as a potential flip opportunity, and the Democratic primary produced its own storyline: emergency physician and former state legislator Amish Shah led DCCC-backed candidate Marlene Galán-Woods, AP News reported, potentially handing the party establishment another primary loss.
Shah framed his lead as a rejection of Washington meddling:
"I wasn't exactly my party's pick. And I was willing to stand up to that establishment. And that's what the voters of this district want."
If Shah's lead holds, AZ-1 will feature two candidates who ran against their respective party establishments, a general election matchup that reflects the anti-insider mood on both sides.
Former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb won the Republican nomination for Arizona's 5th Congressional District, the seat Biggs vacated to run for governor, by nearly 17 percentage points over challenger Daniel Keenan. CNN's Decision Desk projected the win, calling Lamb "the heavy favorite" to hold the seat for Republicans in November.
Keenan had run in part on his roots in the district, emphasizing that he grew up there and raised his family in the community. It was not enough. Trump's endorsement carried Lamb to a comfortable victory despite campaign-trail turbulence: The Arizona Republic published coverage in May 2026 detailing reports that Lamb had used threats to silence allegations of sexting and other misconduct. The nature of those allegations and the specifics of the reported threats were not detailed in the available reporting.
Lamb has not been quoted responding to those reports in the primary coverage. Voters, for their part, rendered their own verdict Tuesday night.
The secretary of state primary offered the sharpest intra-party contrast of the night. State Rep. Alexander Kolodin, a University of Pennsylvania-trained lawyer who ran on election integrity, defeated Gina Swoboda, the chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party from 2024 to 2026 and a candidate generally considered more moderate and establishment-aligned.
Kolodin brings a combative record to the general election. He filed lawsuits challenging Arizona's state election results in both 2020 and 2022, with legal assistance from Sidney Powell. The outcomes of those lawsuits were not detailed in the available reporting. He now faces Democratic incumbent Secretary of State Adrian Fontes in November.
The race matters beyond Arizona. The secretary of state oversees election administration, and Kolodin's history of contesting election results means the general election will be fought partly on the question of who voters trust to run the process itself. Hobbs held the same office before winning the governorship, and Fontes has held it since. Republicans now have a nominee who has made election challenges a defining part of his public career.
Tuesday's results land in a state that has frustrated Republican ambitions in recent cycles. Blake Masters lost his Senate bid in 2022. Lake lost the governor's race the same year by the thinnest of margins. Democrats consolidated their grip on statewide offices even as Arizona's electorate trended slightly more Republican in raw registration numbers.
Trump's endorsement power, however, was unambiguous on primary night. Every candidate he backed won, most by wide margins. Fox News noted that Biggs captured more than 70% of the vote when the race was called, with Schweikert stuck at 17%. The New York Post reported Lamb won by nearly 17 points. Feely's win was decisive enough for CNN to call it without qualification.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha captured the dynamic plainly, noting that the GOP is now the "MAGA party", a description Tuesday's Arizona results did nothing to dispute.
The general election will test whether that primary dominance translates in a state where Democrats still hold the top offices. Biggs trails in early polls. The AZ-1 seat Democrats covet is now held open by a candidate whose chief selling point is his direct line to the president. And the secretary of state race will pit an election-challenge lawyer against the Democratic incumbent who runs the system.
Winning a primary by 60 points proves you own the party. Winning a general election in a state that keeps breaking Republican hearts, that proves something else entirely. Arizona Republicans will find out in November whether Trump's seal of approval is enough to close the deal.
