Early in May, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced a slate of endorsements for candidates like Marlene Galán-Woods, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Arizona’s First Congressional District, which the party is betting has the best shot to unseat Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz.
The catch, however, was that Galán-Woods was a Republican up until 2018 and a supporter of the failed political projects of politicians like former Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and former Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah. The explanation for the PAC’s involvement in the primaries was that this was a cold-blooded, calculated move aimed at giving Democrats the best possible chance of winning in November. Election results demonstrate a more complicated narrative.
