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Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos:

In a new report, Arizona’s Family uncovered comments from Republican gubernatorial candidate David Schweikert supporting a new tax hike on Arizonans. Responding to the Supreme Court’s ruling against Trump’s tariffs, Schweikert said he was “not going to let this whole thing fall apart” and wanted to implement a “universal tariff.”

After the Supreme Court ruled against Trump’s sweeping tariffs, relief for Arizona small businesses was short-lived. But Biggs and Schweikert had already voted twice this month to keep those cost hikes in place, and when Trump responded with at first 10 percent and now 15 percent tariffs, they refused to stand up to stop them.

Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos:

Copper State War Room released the statement below from spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado after the Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump’s tariffs – tariffs repeatedly backed by Andy Biggs and David Schweikert despite bipartisan efforts to lower costs for working families:

In an interview on 12 News last week, David Schweikert refused to answer a straightforward question: Did Donald Trump lose Arizona in 2020?

Just days after Karrin Taylor Robson dropped out of the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary and Andy Biggs’ campaign called for unity, he and David Schweikert are already trading attacks — proving this race is anything but unified.

Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos:

Copper State War Room released the statement below from spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado after Congressmen Andy Biggs and David Schweikert voted twice to keep the Trump administration’s tariffs intact.

Today, Arizona voting rights leaders delivered a scathing condemnation of Washington’s all-out assault on voters, calling on Republican gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert to publicly condemn the federal voter intimidation effort in Fulton County, Georgia, just as fellow Republican Governor – and Taylor Robson campaign chair – Jan Brewer has done.

With love in the air this Valentine’s Day, Arizonans are facing a heartbreaking reality: they may have to choose between chocolate, flowers, or a dinner for two thanks to reckless federal tariffs backed by Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert.

Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos:

In an interview yesterday on KTAR, former Republican Gov. Jan Brewer criticized federal raids on Georgia’s election warehouses in Fulton County. Brewer, Karrin Taylor Robson’s campaign co-chair, said President Trump is “out of line,” and his actions are “not constitutional,” citing her own background as Secretary of State to praise Arizona’s safe and secure elections.

Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday, it’s not just Drake Maye and Sam Darnold who will be under a ton of pressure. Arizonans are facing yet another blow to their wallets with skyrocketing food prices thanks to the chaotic tariffs that Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert all support.

New polling data from KFF shows that the healthcare cuts and cost hikes that Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are all backing is both deeply unpopular and a top issue for voters.

As millions of newly unearthed documents from the Epstein files pull back the curtain on powerful predators and enablers, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert have met the revelations with silence. Even as new information mounts, these candidates have refused to acknowledge the findings or stand with survivors, choosing instead to look the other way and shield the worst offenders.

Arizona families are facing an increase of up to 30 percent on their electricity bills because of federal steel and aluminum tariffs backed by Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert.

Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos.

As January comes to a close, Arizonans are still paying even higher prices for healthcare, with a recent report detailing how ACA marketplace plans for Arizonans have jumped nearly 30 percent on average.

Según un informe reciente de Arizona's Family, los residentes de Arizona están cargando el peso de las subidas brutales de precios causadas por los aranceles federales que los candidatos republicanos a gobernador, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, y David Schweikert siguen respaldando plenamente.

Billionaire Corporate Lobbyist Karrin Taylor Robson’s campaign has developed a clear pattern whenever Arizonans ask basic questions about her record and positions: no comment.

In a new interview, Billionaire Corporate Lobbyist Karrin Taylor Robson desperately attempted to distance herself from the economic pain Arizonans are facing, admitting she “can’t do much” as governor, even though she continues to support the very harmful agenda that is raising costs.

According to a recent Arizona’s Family report, Arizonans are shouldering the brutal price hikes from federal tariffs, including coffee spiking 22 percent and ground beef following at 17 percent.

Welcome to Copper State Chaos, Copper State War Room’s weekly recap on the fails, feuds, and full-blown chaos in the Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary.

As Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are locked in a bitter race to the bottom, this primary is spiraling into an ugly, expensive mess. We’ll keep the receipts – so you don’t have to.

Don’t miss this week’s chaos.

Today, on the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are standing by their extremist views on ripping away reproductive freedoms, which include support for a total ban on abortion and the curbing of access to IVF, contraception, and family planning.

Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert continue to back Donald Trump’s tariffs, which caused the largest monthly grocery price spike since the pandemic and cost Arizona families $310 more in 2025.

Biggs, Taylor Robson, and Schweikert Endorse Hiking Taxes on Working Seniors To Pay for Billionaire Tax Breaks

The Republican primary for governor is growing messier and more expensive by the day, as GOP candidates and their super PACs have already spent millions of dollars trying to claw through a bitter intraparty fight—only to be outraised quarter after quarter by Katie Hobbs.

New data this week shows that Latino voters, and particularly small business owners who backed Donald Trump in 2024, are fed up with the tariff-first, cost-spiking agenda backed by Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert.

This week, Arizona GOP legislators announced a new scheme to slash taxes for billionaires and hike taxes on working seniors. Andy Biggs eagerly endorsed this scheme, while Karrin Taylor Robson and David Schweikert have so far refused to weigh in.

Less than two weeks after Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert  traded holiday haymakers, the GOP primary is unraveling. Here's some new intraparty antics to kick January off.

This New Year, as a result of the aluminum tariffs Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert backed, Arizonans are suffering another wave of sweeping price increases. Specifically, aluminum tariffs directly raise retail and housing costs because of more expensive packaging, cans and construction, among other higher prices hurting Arizonans.

Over the holidays, you may have missed it: Arizona’s GOP primary is turning into a bare-knuckle brawl. In a Daily Caller interview, Andy Biggs took swipes at Karrin Taylor Robson and David Schweikert, bragging that only his endorsement from Donald Trump “matters” and dismissing rivals who “don’t have the relationship.”

As both Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House voted to extend ACA tax credits and lower healthcare costs, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert once again proved they are too weak to stand up to their own party when it comes to lowering costs for Arizona families.

After the federal government recently made funding announcements that left rural Arizona with one of the worst healthcare allocations in the country, pushing rural hospitals even closer to the brink of closure, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson and David Schweikert have all stayed silent and refused to stand up to their party in Washington.

Following the Department of Justice’s acknowledgement this week that fewer than one percent of the Epstein files were released, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert released the following joint statement demonstrating their commitment to transparency and accountability:

Five years ago, Donald Trump and Arizona Republicans fueled a violent attack on the nation’s Capitol, leaving five people dead and injuring over 140 law enforcement officers in an attempt to subvert the transition of a free and fair election. Before and after January 6, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert have promoted election lies, conspiracy theories, and fake elector schemes in Arizona.

With health insurance premiums set to rise tomorrow, January 1, billionaire corporate lobbyist Karrin Taylor Robson is once again showing just how out-of-touch she is with Arizona families.

'Twas the week of Christmas, and all through the store,
Every price tag was higher than ever before.
Tariffs kept driving the costs up the wall,
Thanks to Biggs, Schweikert, and Robson for backing them all.

David Schweikert and his campaign continue to ramp up the attacks on Karrin Taylor Robson and Andy Biggs. In an interview on Wake Up Live, Schweikert said he’s “really disappointed” in Taylor Robson for cooking up “fake polling numbers,” comparing it to something an 18-year-old volunteer would do.

Last week, Arizona leaders and small business owners held press conferences in Phoenix and Yuma to call out Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert for supporting tariffs, which have driven costs to all-time highs for Arizona families and dampened their holiday season.

Yesterday, Arizona Democrats and Yuma leaders held a press conference to call out Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert for supporting the chaotic tariffs, which have driven costs to all-time highs for Arizona families and dampened their holiday season.

David Schweikert has escalated the Arizona GOP’s already bitter primary, circulating a new memo that attacks his opponents as weak candidates who can’t win — and explicitly calls on Karrin Taylor Robson to drop out of the race altogether.

YUMA – Today, Arizona Democratic Party Chair Charlene Fernandez and Yuma leaders delivered a scathing condemnation of the cost-hiking economic agenda of Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert, which have been collectively driving up costs to all-time highs for Arizona families.

With just days to go before Christmas, Arizona families are relentlessly hunting for deals on gifts and stocking stuffers but facing a “Blue Christmas” as a result of tariffs backed by Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert that are sending the prices of electronics soaring.

Hoy, demócratas de Arizona y líderes comunitarios organizaron una rueda de prensa en español para exigir a Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, y David Schweikert rechazar los aranceles innecesarios impuestos por Trump, que han provocado que los precios alcancen máximos históricos para las familias de Arizona. Los tres han respaldado estos aranceles en su totalidad.

Today, Arizona Democrats and community leaders held the first Spanish-language press conference of the 2026 cycle to call on Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert to disavow Trump’s reckless tariffs that have driven prices to all-time highs for Arizona families. All three have backed these tariffs in full.

Holiday shopping and Christmas cheer are here, but so are higher Christmas tree prices — driven by the GOP’s cost-hiking agenda that Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert fully support.

A new pro-Schweikert super PAC radio ad is trying to claim David Schweikert “isn’t a sellout.” But Arizonans know the truth: Schweikert is an unethical Washington insider who puts his own partisan politics first and sells out working families by supporting policies that are driving up costs.

Yesterday, Yellow Sheet Report scorched a new TV ad from a super PAC trying to say Karrin Taylor Robson is a “political outsider,” calling it “the Robson rebrand.” Yellow Sheet added that Taylor Robson’s “campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ad or a ‘fact check’ of the ad released by Copper State Victory.”

Today, Karrin Taylor Robson's super PAC released a new TV ad that rewrites history, hiding that Taylor Robson is a lifelong political insider who supported raising costs on Arizonans. Here is the truth.

Happy Thanksgiving! Sweepstakes-winning multimillionaire Andy Biggs, billionaire lobbyist Karrin Taylor Robson, and campaign finance violator David Schweikert won’t lose sleep over the Thanksgiving sticker shock created by their cost-raising agenda.

This week, after Arizona’s U.S. Senator Mark Kelly urged veterans to uphold their oath to the Constitution, Donald Trump called for Kelly’s death and retaliated by opening a bogus retaliatory investigation to intimidate Kelly as well as other veterans. How did Arizona’s GOP react to these veterans defending the Constitution?

Today, Donald Trump ramped up attacks against Senator Mark Kelly, opening a sham investigation as a method of intimidation against his political opponents. What do Andy Biggs, Karri Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert think about this attack against Senator Kelly?

Donald Trump said that Arizona U.S. Senator and Navy veteran Mark Kelly deserved death for urging service members to follow the Constitution. Instead of condemning that dangerous rhetoric, Andy Biggs backed Trump, calling Senator Kelly “disgusting.”

This raises the question: Do Karrin Taylor Robson and David Schweikert agree, or do they think it is okay for the President to threaten political opponents with death?

After months of protecting pedophiles and opposing the release of the full Epstein files, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are now trying to save face after receiving permission from the Washington swamp to vote yes.

Taylor Robson Scrubs Anti-Choice History From Website After More Than Half of Arizona Votes To Protect Reproductive Freedom

Now that a bipartisan group in Congress is forcing a vote to release the Epstein files, it’s too little, too late for Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert to lie to Arizonans about their own records of covering for pedophiles by refusing to call for the full release of the Epstein files.

Today marks the 38th day of the now-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While Arizona families suffer with higher healthcare costs and meals ripped away from them, Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert continue to sit on their hands – refusing to stand up for Arizonans.

Arizona businesses are being "clobbered" by the tariff tax hikes backed in full by Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert, as small businesses like Chandler-based aluminum manufacturer FALCO are seeing costs rise upwards of 50 percent.

Andy Biggs has a healthcare plan once the federal government is reopened: he wants to rip away healthcare from more Arizona families and fully repeal the Affordable Care Act. Do Karrin Taylor Robson and David Schweikert agree?

On Halloween, Arizonans are facing a real fright: soaring price increases for their Halloween costumes, candy, and decorations. Halloween candy is skyrocketing to “record levels,” and it’s all thanks to the reckless tariffs every GOP candidate for governor supports.

Yesterday, Arizona Republican Andy Biggs was caught comparing Democrats to domestic terrorists in an interview reported by Arizona’s Family, stating that Democrats “are political terrorists just like they are domestic terrorists.”

Taylor Robson in 2022: “Trump used to be a fashion do, and now, overnight, he’s become a fashion don’t.”

Yesterday, Donald Trump said once again that “groceries are down, it’s all down” when referring to prices, despite his tariffs directly contributing to all-time highs in grocery prices and day-to-day costs. Do the Arizona GOP candidates agree that costs have gone down?

Today, Copper State War Room is updating its website to expose the corrupt David Schweikert — which, to be fair, includes more information than Schweikert’s own campaign website.

Biggs and Taylor Robson’s Pathetic Scramble To Prove Their Loyalty to Trump Returns as Schweikert Says He Has Them Beat

Today, Arizona Democrats and community leaders held the first Copper State War Room press conference in Tucson to hold Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert accountable for cheering Trump’s reckless tariffs that have driven prices to all-time highs for Arizona families.

Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs, David Schweikert, and Karrin Taylor Robson continue to block, delay, and deflect bipartisan efforts to release the Epstein files and hold child traffickers accountable, siding with DC elites instead of standing up for victims.

Copper State War Room released the following statement from Arizona Democratic Party Chair Charlene Fernandez following Andy Biggs’ campaign stops in Yuma County today:

David Schweikert’s entrance into the Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary has thrown gasoline on an already bitter fight, sparking new insults between him, Andy Biggs, and Karrin Taylor Robson.

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The Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary is already a messy, expensive race that is running further and further to the extreme right at the expense of Arizona families. With Congressman David Schweikert’s decision to step into the ring, this primary will now escalate exponentially into an all-out brawl.

Here are five questions that Arizona voters deserve to hear about from Sleepy David Schweikert.

A new report from AZ Mirror details how nearly 400,000 Arizonans are staring down higher healthcare premiums as ACA tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025. These higher premiums are a direct result of disastrous economic policies backed by Andy Biggs and Karrin Taylor Robson.

Republican gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs and Karrin Taylor Robson have both publicly applauded a federal executive order to ban mail-in voting, the preferred voting method for 85 percent of Arizonans. When asked to clarify their support for their out-of-touch position, both Biggs and Taylor Robson are desperately trying to rewrite history or avoid the question entirely.

Despite “Recession-Level Consequences” and All-Time Highs on Grocery Prices, Biggs and Taylor Robson Continue to Back Cost-Hiking Policies from DC

Gubernatorial Candidates Displayed Full-Throated Support for Tariff Policies as Prices Skyrocket Across the Board for Arizonans

Schweikert: “The Way Things Look in the Race Right Now, We’re [Arizona Republicans] Going To Be in Real Trouble”

After both supported the federal executive order to eliminate mail-in voting, Andy Biggs and Karrin Taylor Robson got caught voting by mail for the last two decades, and “Biggs himself supported the 2007 legislation that created the state’s permanent early voting list.”

Arizona Republicans are in open conflict over what to do with the waste, fraud, and abuse in the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, with GOP gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson joining AZGOP Party Chair Gina Swoboda in calling for oversight.

Copper State War Room spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado released the following statement on Labor Day:

Former Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, along with former North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, recently published an op-ed defending Arizonans’ right to vote by mail following Donald Trump’s proposed federal executive order to eliminate mail-in voting, which is a direct contrast with the very extreme stance of both Andy Biggs and Karrin Taylor Robson.

Here are a couple of ways Gov. Brewer is “helping” Karrin Taylor Robson’s campaign...

Andy Biggs Also Champions Plan To Attack Arizona Voters and Elections

Executive Order Targets Voting Method Used by Over 75% of Arizonans

In case you missed it, Karrin Taylor Robson has now joined Andy Biggs in abandoning DREAMers, making comments that are completely at odds with her previous strong support for allowing DREAMers in Arizona to pay in-state tuition.

As the Arizona Daily Star reported, she “actually appeared in a commercial urging voter support” for the 2022 proposition that helps DREAMers afford college before she ran away from her position and hoped voters wouldn’t notice.

Both Andy Biggs and Karrin Taylor Robson Supported Legislation That Puts Arizona’s Rural Hospitals on the Brink of Closure

Biggs and Taylor Robson Support Ripping Away Reproductive Freedom From Arizona Families

Biggs and Taylor Robson Prioritize Partisan Budget That Harms Job Growth and Sends Utility Prices Higher

Biggs and Taylor Robson Proudly Support a Partisan Budget That Could Close Five Rural Hospitals

Biggs and Taylor Robson Proudly Supported Ripping Healthcare From 365,000 Arizonans

Biggs and Taylor Robson Proudly Stand by the Largest Tax Increase to Arizonans in 50 Years

As the GOP primary intensifies, Karrin Taylor Robson and Andy Biggs are locked in a race to the right to see who can emerge as the most extreme candidate. The latest proof point? Karrin Taylor Robson is now joining Andy Biggs in abandoning DREAMers.

Today, Copper State War Room is updating its website to include how both Andy Biggs and Karrin Taylor Robson betrayed Arizona families by supporting a federal coverup of the Epstein files and shielding predators from accountability.