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Why So Many Republican Presidential Candidates Are Visiting Arizona

Even with cooler temperatures around the Valley lately, you may have noticed an extra bit of hot air.

Maybe that’s because we’ve had visits from projected Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio and Carly Fiorina.

Arizona isn’t one of the early primary or caucus states, so what are the candidates doing here? We talked with Republican Scott Smith, former Mayor Mesa.

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Steve Goldstein was a host at KJZZ from 1997 to 2022.