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Candidates For Arizona's 8th Congressional District Make Their Cases In Shortened Cycle

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(Photo by Bret Jaspers - KJZZ)
Twelve Republican candidates are vying for the seat, which has been open since Trent Franks resigned in December.

The upcoming special primary election in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District has several well-known Republican candidates, and it’s a heavily Republican seat. While there are 12 GOP candidates running in that party's primary, two Democrats are competing for a spot in the general election in April. Hard-liner Trent Franks was the representative until he resigned in December.


Bret Jaspers was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2017 to 2020.