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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jacques Billeaud and Wufei Yu

Trump’s election-denying ally wins high-stakes Arizona governor primary

Rep. Andy Biggs, one of Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress and a leading figure in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, won Arizona's Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday, setting up a high-stakes showdown with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.

Biggs easily defeated fellow Rep. David Schweikert, who had warned that Biggs' hard-line conservatism could drive away the independent voters Republicans need to win in battleground Arizona. Democrats now hold both U.S. Senate seats and the state's top three elected offices.

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