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Arizona Republicans Rep. David Schweikert and Juan Ciscomani have defeated their Democrat challengers and won their respective races, the Associated Press projected on Monday. AP called the race for Schweikert when 99 percent of the ballots were counted, leaving the Republican congressman a narrow lead of roughly 3,000 votes over his Democrat challenger Jevin Hodge, a local activist. BREAKING: Republican David Schweikert wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 1st Congressional District. #APracecall at 7:26 p.m. MST. https://t.co/2nlgpji7ac — AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 15, 2022 The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee hoped Hodge would have flipped Schweikert’s seat, as the race...

KEY HOLD: Incumbent David Schweikert (R) defeats Jevin Hodge (D) in Arizona's 1st Congressional. This is critical win for the GOP as it is now looking more and more certain the party will recapture the House

Heading toward the March 22 Republican presidential preference election in Arizona, Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) for president. Schweikert issued the following statement regarding his endorsement of Cruz: My top priority in Congress has always been to do what the Washington insiders simply refuse to do, and that is to reduce the size and cost of government and save our nation from the crushing debt that the Washington politicians have placed on the backs of each and every citizen of our nation. Throughout the never ending battles to do this, Ted Cruz has always been a...

With voters in the winner-take-all state of Arizona set to vote next Tuesday, presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) picked up a big endorsement out of the Grand Canyon State. U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, a fellow Republican, represents Arizona's Sixth Congressional District and was first elected to Congress. He is a recognized reform leader in Washington, D.C. "My top priority in Congress has always been to do what the Washington insiders simply refuse to do, and that is to reduce the size and cost of government and save our nation from the crushing debt that the Washington politicians have...

Rep. David Schweikert has been removed from his seat on the House Financial Services Committee, and aides to the Arizona Republican claim the move was retaliation for voting against House GOP leaders too often. Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other top Republicans were huddled in a Steering Committee meeting on Monday. That panel, which is controlled in large part by Boehner, decides who sits on the various House committees. “This morning Congressman Schweikert learned there was a price to be paid for voting based on principle. That price was the removal from the House Financial Services Committee,” said Rachel Semmel,...

Sen. John McCain has informed Rep. David Schweikert that he will endorse Rep. Ben Quayle in their Member-versus-Member Republican primary in Arizona, according to a Schweikert source. Schweikert did not seek McCain’s endorsement. Those in the Schweikert camp are under the impression that Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl (R) helped facilitate the endorsement. The Hotline first reported the news. “He had the screws put to him hard by Kyl to do it,” the source said. Rumblings about a McCain endorsement have been making the rounds in Arizona Republican circles for the past month or so. Quayle already has Kyl’s endorsement and...

It seems that for the magnitude of the Fast and Furious scandal, there isn’t much outrage. Arizonans don’t need me to tell them that Fast and Furious is a big story. This scandal started in our backyard — in the ATF’s Phoenix office — and was administered by a U.S. attorney appointed by President Obama. Every step of this operation seems riddled with incompetence and dishonesty. High-ranking U.S. officials used taxpayer money — stimulus money no less — to buy guns and ship them to Mexico. The administration claims these firearms were shipped to Mexico in an attempt to destabilize...