GOP Primary Spirals as Candidates and Super PACs Light Millions on Fire

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. Outside groups have already spent nearly $1 million boosting Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert, underscoring just how costly and unstable the GOP primary has become. 

Despite that spending spree, the GOP candidates  are still failing to gain traction:

• Schweikert led the GOP field in fundraising this quarter only after relying on a questionable transfer from his congressional account, and at his current pace of raising and spending is on track to exhaust his resources within months.

  
  

• Biggs, while the only Republican to show modest quarter-over-quarter growth, still finished third in funds raised this quarter despite being the frontrunner in most polls.

  
  

• Taylor Robson’s campaign continues to move in the wrong direction: she now carries three times more debt than cash on hand, has never matched her first-quarter fundraising, and her super PAC raised $0 this quarter, leaving it on pace to run dry before the next report.

Copper State Victory spokesperson Nicholas Simões Machado said:

“Andy Biggs, Karrin Taylor Robson, and David Schweikert are lighting money on fire in a chaotic, increasingly expensive primary and still getting swamped by Katie Hobbs quarter after quarter. They can’t build momentum because they’ve backed harmful Medicaid cuts, cost-hiking tariffs, and tax hikes on seniors—positions that are wildly out of step with Arizona families."

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