No. In fact Arizona has some of the most extreme Republicans out there, both on racial identity issues (like Gosar) and on fiscal conservatism issues (like Biggs, who was, I cannot stress this enough, Speaker of the state House). In an earlier generation they also had some of the most interventionist Republicans.
Then how would you explain 10-12% of AZ republicans consistently voting Democrat?
Some of it is likely how extreme some of the office holders in Arizona are as well as the GOP candidates themselves. Shapiro won 16% of Republicans and won Independents 64-33 in Pennsylvania. Mastriano being an extremist nut job likely was a major factor. You have a bunch of candidates in Arizona that really aren't much less bats*** crazy than Mastriano is that will explain part of it.
