Democratic candidates take shots at Rep. David Schweikert, ponder electability
United in their concern over climate change, gun violence and their disdain for Rep. David Schweikert, Democratic congressional hopefuls Hiral Tipirneni and Anita Malik quibbled Thursday over who made traditionally red districts more purple in 2018.
Tipirneni and Malik, who each made inroads in GOP-held congressional districts in losing efforts last year, avoided personal attacks at a candidates forum in Fountain Hills. They offered only mildly different accounts of how best to defeat Schweikert, R-Ariz., the five-term incumbent in the 6th Congressional District, traditionally a Republican stronghold.
Joined by Stephanie Rimmer, a businesswoman making her first bid for Congress, the Democratic candidates played up their career backgrounds in an effort to win over the 100 or so Democrats in attendance at the Fountain Hills Community Center.
Tipirneni, a former emergency-room physician and cancer research advocate, reprised her 2018 promise in two runs in the West Valley-based 8th Congressional District to make health care the central concern of her data-driven approach to public policy.
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(Arizona Republic)