It's early yet, so things could change, but for some reason, one non-statewide race is already shaping up to have the most active primary, of the non-statewide races anyway.
In Maricopa County, some of the safest seats are among the lowest-profile seats - Justice of the Peace.
There are 26 of them, each with their own district (justice precincts), and other than one or two, all are "safe" districts, in partisan terms.
In many of the districts, the only real races are in the primaries, and often even those don't happen unless the seat up for election is vacant or the incumbent is an embarrassment (and given that the Arizona judiciary is actually pretty good at policing itself, the embarrassments are usually weeded out before their next election).
Which brings us to the McDowell Mountain Justice Precinct. The JP there is Michael Reagan, the father of State Senator Michele Reagan (R-LD23), a 2014 candidate for Arizona Secretary of State.
He has filed to run for reelection, so the seat isn't "open", and while his politics are objectionable (hey, I'm a D :) ), his conduct in office has not been embarrassing, so far as I know, anyway.
Yet three (count 'em!) people have already signed up for a primary run at him -
Christina Weisman ($500 Threshold Committee)
Gayle Lee
Kathryn Shearer
On this one, I am genuinely curious.
What's going on up there (north Scottsdale)? Have some folks gotten the idea that Reagan isn't running for reelection, something that Reagan himself doesn't know about, since he has filed for reelection? Is there something embarrassing about his conduct in office, something that apparently isn't widely known? Is there just something in the water there?
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