It’ll be a shame when he inevitably loses by 0.12% in 2028, though.
Ducey is term-limited, though. Who (other than Ducey) is formidable enough to take on Kelly in 2028? Remember, in case you didn’t notice, this is the AZ GOP we’re talking about here. They’ll likely blow AZ-GOV in 2022 by nominating some crazy lunatic like Ward or Biggs, so they won’t even have an incumbent Republican governor to run against Kelly in 2028, and that means they’ll face an uphill battle that year for sure. Maybe they run some reasonable, sane Republican in 2034, but by then the state will be solidly Democratic, so it wouldn’t matter.
Going through the current Republican MoC's from Arizona:
Gosar: no explanation needed
Biggs: voted against funding the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (Gosar also voted against funding it)
Lesko: doesn't have any problems that stand out other than being very Trumpy (spoke at the Trump Tulsa rally, is a Freedom Caucus member, signed the amicus brief in support of
Texas v. Pennsylvania, etc.) which will not be the most useful thing when running statewide in what is now a purple state.
Schweikert: Reprimanded by the House in 2020 for 11 violations, the worst being a fake $100k loan his 2012 reelection campaign reported in order to make his war-chest look more intimidating.
(not important, but: is it just me or does he have a weirdly proportioned face?)
