AZ-SEN: Arizona Gov. Ducey says he won't run against Mark Kelly for Senate

[RandySF]

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) closed the door on a potential Senate run in 2022 amid rumors that he could challenge Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly (D).

“I’m not running for the United States Senate. It’s a no. I’m 100 percent focused on being the governor of the state of Arizona,” he said in an interview with The New York Times that was published Saturday. “I’ve accepted the role as the chairman of the [Republican Governors Association]. So I’ve got a full-time job and then I’ve got a full-time job beyond that. And that’s what my focus is.”

Kelly’s seat, which he won in a special election in November and is up again in 2022 for a full term, is a top priority for Republicans in the midterms. The party is eager to make up ground in the state after ceding both of its Senate seats to Democrats and losing the presidential race to President Joe Biden, marking the first time a Democratic presidential nominee has won Arizona since 1996.

Republicans had speculated that Ducey would be a strong candidate given his proven ability to win statewide in a state that has gradually shifted to the left.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/535535-arizona-gov-ducey-says-he-wont-run-against-mark-kelly-for-senate

[Celerity]

1. that is huge!! best news all day BY FAR

[W_HAMILTON]

2. Given his own state GOP is censuring him, odds are...

...he would have never won the primary to begin with.

[DFW]

3. Censure or no censure

Even nut case Arizona Republicans can read numbers. If they want to primary their best people in order to replace them with their worst people, they’re welcome to do it. The people of Arizona have just indicated their preference in the last election. As long as Mark and Biden give them no particular reason to regret that decision, the numbers in Arizona will only increase in our favor.