{"id":2633763,"date":"2026-07-22T15:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-primaries-offer-some-serious-reasons-for-conservative-hope\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T15:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:55:43","slug":"arizona-primaries-offer-some-serious-reasons-for-conservative-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-primaries-offer-some-serious-reasons-for-conservative-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Primaries Offer Serious Reasons For Conservative Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-primaries-offer-some-serious-reasons-for-conservative-hope%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Arizona&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-field-has-a-trump-dilemma-that-the-latest-indictment-has-only-made-worse\/\" title=\"The GOP field has a Trump dilemma that the latest indictment has only made worse\">political landscape continues<\/a> to display its complex and divided nature. Historically known for figures like Barry Goldwater and john McCain, the state exhibits a long-standing Republican presence, yet recent elections have seen a shift towards more far-left Democratic leadership, exemplified by Governor Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes. Hobbs&#8217;s vetoes of Republican bills and her push for progressive policies,such as funding for controversial surgeries,highlight the ongoing partisan conflict.<\/p>\n<p>However, recent Republican primaries reveal a notable trend toward conservative unity, with Trump-backed candidates like Andy Biggs and jay Feely winning decisively in key races, including Maricopa County. This surge suggests that the GOP base remains firmly aligned with Trump\u2019s influence, with some races considered critical for maintaining Republican control in Congress and statewide positions.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to these results varies: conservative outlets interpret the primaries as a clear endorsement of the party\u2019s base, warning of the importance of certain districts, while mainstream media express concern over the rising strength of election skeptics and far-right candidates, often framing it as a dangerous departure from conventional politics. arizona&#8217;s primary outcomes indicate both a reinforcement of conservative loyalties within the party and ongoing partisan tensions that could influence the state&#8217;s political direction post-November.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arizona has been very strange, but we have some good news from the primary elections there this week: It may not stay strange after November. <\/p>\n<p>Arizona is the state that gave us Barry Goldwater, but it\u2019s also the state that gave us John McCain and Jeff Flake. That split personality has persisted, and a divided GOP has been a gift to the left. A conservative state with solid Republican majorities in <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Arizona_State_Legislature\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both houses<\/a> of the legislature has handed over its executive branch to an appalling gang of dismal far-left ladyboss Democrats. Factionalism in the Arizona Republican Party may have peaked with Kari Lake\u2019s failed 2022 run for governor, as she famously told McCain Republicans to \u201cget the hell out.\u201d As the conservative Arizona journalist Jon Gabriel noted at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/15\/opinions\/kari-lake-mccain-arizona-republicans-gabriel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">they did<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The division has had real costs. Far-left dimwit lunatic Gov. Katie Hobbs has <a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/briefs\/katie-hobbs-adds-88-vetoes-to-her-record-rejecting-gop-bills-on-schools-wolves-and-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vetoed more than 500 bills<\/a> from the Republican-led legislature, pushing hard to the left in a state that doesn\u2019t lean that way, while Attorney General Kris Mayes has focused like a laser on <a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/briefs\/mayes-will-go-back-to-the-grand-jury-after-arizona-supreme-court-doesnt-revive-fake-electors-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">her sleazy work as a political commissar<\/a>. Democrats have not slept on their control of a conservative state, as (for example) an early <a href=\"https:\/\/azgovernor.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/executive_order_2023-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a> from Hobbs guaranteed public funding for sexual mutilation surgery.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Trump-backed conservatives swept the Arizona Republican primaries, putting up numbers that suggest a trend toward at least a modest amount of tactical conservative unity. Trump-endorsed gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/biggs.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Biggs<\/a>, currently a member of the House Freedom Caucus, won more than 70 percent of the Republican vote.<\/p>\n<p>In Maricopa County, which is becoming East California as Gavin Newsom\u2019s failing state <a href=\"https:\/\/siepr.stanford.edu\/publications\/policy-brief\/californias-population-drain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bleeds taxpayers<\/a>, Trump-endorsed Jay Feely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/07\/21\/feely-wins-arizona-house-primary-01007468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">won the GOP nomination<\/a> for a must-hold Republican congressional seat.<\/p>\n<p>And in the race to replace Mayes as attorney general, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2026-primary-elections\/arizona-attorney-general-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">almost certainly<\/a> be the Republican nominee, with an unusually solid voting record in the legislature. The <a href=\"https:\/\/azraaz.org\/mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conservative<\/a> Arizona Republican Assembly <a href=\"https:\/\/azraaz.org\/legislative-scorecard-14-july-2025-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rates<\/a> Petersen\u2019s voting record as the most consistently conservative in the state Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The reactions tell the story. The Prickly Pear, an influential Arizona conservative news site, <a href=\"https:\/\/pricklypear.news\/trumps-picks-sweep-arizona-post-election-night-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concludes<\/a> on the basis of the numbers for Biggs that \u201cRepublican voters were not subtle. A blowout of that size is a verdict on who owns the party\u2019s base in a true battleground, and the answer was not close.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That site now warns Republicans to keep an eye on the race for Arizona\u2019s 1st Congressional District: \u201cThe House runs through Scottsdale.\u00a0In Congressional District 1, Trump-backed\u00a0Jay Feely\u00a0won the GOP primary for a seat analysts say\u00a0neither party can win the House without.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>other<\/em> very telling reaction, legacy media are howling a warning that far-right MAGA conspiracy theorists are surging toward power. As The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/republicans-eye-arizona-comeback-hobbs-054747442.html?.tsrc=1416&#038;ncid=crm_-1674642-20260722-222--A&#038;bt_user_id=gnSbYr3GFCTkLC%2FLHscaJpJiZTCPUKBbdafOivJn6yKI5k9%2BvAN6Bjf4kxE8kMBf0qXSvuLn5o1%2BD31Fhju5jSm3tfOkxIA4QnTPvueC%2BjP%2FN5dwBfcWDw0NL7DhpkEr&#038;bt_ts=1784729591442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warns<\/a> in a panicked story about the Arizona results, \u201celection denialism holds strong.\u201d (\u201cArizona Republicans have a long history of nominating election deniers or those who have questioned past election results,\u201d the outlet adds.) And here\u2019s NPR\u2019s laughter-inducing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/22\/nx-s1-5902198\/arizona-primary-results-trump-elections-biggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">headline<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the Wednesday morning after the Tuesday primaries, Arizona conservatives are pleased and the national political media are alarmed. It would be hard to miss the meaning of those signals.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona primaries hint at GOP unity ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":2633764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/biggs-thank-god-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4472,4914,6571,5894,9973],"class_list":["post-2633763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arizona","tag-conservative","tag-elections","tag-politics","tag-primaries"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/biggs-thank-god-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2633763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633769,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2633763\/revisions\/2633769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2633764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2633763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2633763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2633763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}