Townsend vs. Rogers, two far-right Rs, to face off in the LD7 State Senate primary [Updated]

From KPNX (Channel 12 in Phoenix) -

Kelly Townsend reelection bid sets up battle with Wendy Rogers

Two high-profile Republican state senators appear ready to go head-to-head in the August primary election after Kelly Townsend filed for reelection in the same district she and Wendy Rogers ended up in after new district maps were adopted.

Townsend's filing for the District 7 seat with the Arizona Secretary of State's Office on Monday night puts the Apache Junction Republican in the race against Rogers, who lives in Flagstaff.

In 2000 in MLB, the New York Yankees and the New York Mets faced off in the World Series.

This Red Sox fan hoped both would lose.

In 2022 in Arizona, crazy and crazier will face off in the Republican primary in LD7.

This Democrat hopes both lose.

Because if whoever emerges victorious from the R primary wins the general election, the people of that district and the people of Arizona will lose.

In the end, the Yankees won that WS but the folks in LD7 will have another option in the general - voting for the Democratic candidate.

I don't, as yet, know who that will be, but am willing to say here THAT PERSON WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY SANER THAN EITHER OF THOSE TWO.

On the face of things, that seems unlikely, but it may be necessary if the voters of LD7 wish to avoid being laughed at by the rest of the state.

From the AZ Independent Redistricting Commission -

[Edit on 3/9 to add -

From the AZ Daily Sun -

Kyle Nitschke announces Clean Elections campaign for Arizona Senate

Kyle Nitschke -- an active member of the Coconino Democratic Party, a state committee member with the Arizona Democratic Party and co-chair for the Progressive Counsel of the Arizona Democratic Party -- announced over the weekend that he would run as a Clean Elections candidate for Legislative District 7.

As per the 1998 Citizens Clean Elections Act, Nitschke will work with the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and receive a limited amount of funding from the Commission after he has generated at least 200 $5 contributions and agrees to forgo high-dollar and special-interest contributions.

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