Republican Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona just got some damn good news thanks to a poll put out by Noble Predictive Insights, which has revealed he’s now pulled ahead of the state’s current governor, Democrat Katie Hobbs for next year’s election and has destroyed the competition for the nomination in the GOP primary set for that race as well.
The poll revealed that Biggs is ahead of Hobbs 48 percent to 46 percent, which could indicate the people of Arizona are now having a bit of buyer’s remorse concerning their choice of Hobbs as their state’s leader.
Biggs, who bleeds MAGA, is stomping a mudhole in K. Taylor Robinson in a poll concerning the Republican primary for the governor’s seat, 67 percent to 13 percent. That’s an absolute blowout. It’s not even close.
I think it’s pretty clear that the nominee who will likely face off against Hobbs is going to be Biggs, barring any sort of massive controversy unfolds between now and then.
https://twitter.com/IAPolls2022/status/1908208148780896730
However, while the news is good and Biggs has taken a lead, it’s very, very early. And we ought not to underestimate Hobbs. Democrats will be out in droves to try and prevent yet another MAGA candidate from landing in a position of authority and power. Biggs is truly their worst nightmare at the moment.
“At first glance Gov. Hobbs should be [a] dead woman walking,” Republican strategist Brian Seitchik, who also served in President Donald Trump’s campaign, went on to say of the race.
via The Hill:
Seitchik argued Hobbs didn’t have any real accomplishments “and has shown no ability to persuade a Republican Legislature to pass any significant legislation that she wants,” but he also acknowledged that the GOP was going to have a “very tough fight for the nomination” between the Republican contenders. Hobbs narrowly eked out a win for her first term in 2022 against Lake, a former local news anchor who questioned the results of the 2020 election.
Republicans in the state argue Hobbs, who has set records with the number of vetoes she has cast against the GOP-controlled state Legislature, has little to show for in her time as governor.
“I think the vetoes are a double-edged sword,” one Arizona Republican strategist who asked to remain anonymous said.
“We’ve seen in other places where governors can run on that, but in many ways, these legislative races this last cycle, where she went all in on flipping the Legislature, were a repudiation, where the whole campaign was about, ‘We need a check and a balance on Katie Hobbs. We can’t have one-party control,’” he continued.
Democratic Governors Association (DGA) spokesperson Sam Newton noted Hobbs’s work on the state’s water supply and border security. Hobbs recently announced the formation of a joint task force aimed at tackling the border’s security vulnerabilities and transnational criminal organizations.
If she keeps her promises, Hobbs could end up being a bit more formidable than originally thought, however, should she fail in this regard, she will be at the mercy of her constituents and we all know that the American people are not feeling forgiving when it comes to politicians these days.
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