I do want to bring up again the odd circumstance of this election timing really giving an unfortunate impact to the “Resign to Run” law in Arizona that says if you are not in the last year of an office in or representing Arizona, you have to resign to run (take?) a new one.
A big field due to the Feb primary and April general, will knock out a number of good guys from good offices they might be depending on to feed a family.
Those running for the Senate are normally financially somewhat past this issue but for 8th district it is a really concern.
While resign-to-run laws were born of good intentions, I agree with you that they may have unforeseen effects such as elected officials having to quit the job with which they provide for their respective families in order to run in special elections. Frankly, if a governor can remain governor while running for reelection, I fail to see why it is so abhorrent to allow a state senator to remain a state senator when running for governor.