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Democrats got their first major candidate to take on Republican Rep. David Schweikert in Arizona’s competitive 1st Congressional District on Monday when state Rep. Amish Shah announced that he’d run. Shah, a physician whose 2018 victory made him the legislature’s first Indian American member, will try to flip a seat in northeastern Phoenix and Scottsdale that Joe Biden carried 50-49 in 2020 and that favored the state’s two most prominent Democrats last year: According to Bloomberg’s Greg Giroux, Sen. Mark Kelly and Gov. Katie Hobbs prevailed 52-46 and 52-48 here, respectively.
Shah kicked off his bid for what will likely be a key contest for control of the House days after 2022 nominee Jevin Hodge, who lost to Schweikert 50.4-49.6 last time, revealed that he would not seek a rematch. The state representative may not have the primary to himself, though, as former TV anchor Marlene Galan Woods, a self-described moderate, said in mid-January she was giving herself 90 days to decide.
