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Over in Arizona’s 2nd District, Navy SEAL veteran Eli Crane leads state Rep. Walt Blackman 33 percent to 24 percent in the Republican primary, with almost half the expected vote reporting. Businessman Mark DeLuzio is close behind in third with 19 percent. Crane had led the way in fundraising and got Trump’s endorsement in this crowded primary, so he was somewhat favored coming in. Just for the record, QAnon promoter Ron Watkins has only 3 percent and is in last place (as Kaleigh mentioned earlier, he may be the voice behind Q, the message board account that has helped inspire the conspiracy theory).

The GOP winner will face Democratic Rep. Tom O’Halleran in the fall and will probably be favored, as the district shifted from R+6 to R+15 in redistricting (compared to the old 1st District). It was a little bit of a surprise O’Halleran decided to run anyway.

Quite a stat here.

With 51 percent of the vote reporting, Ciscomani leads his four Republican challengers with 47.9 percent of the vote. Martin, in the No. 2 spot, was the 2020 Republican nominee for the same part of the state.