Pointed at this by a fundraising text from Team Hobbs.
I say Congressman Andy Biggs is only "sort of" in because, at this point, he's only filed a statement of interest (SOI), not formed a committee yet. However, it's early yet. One of his presumed opponents in the primary, Karrin Taylor Robson, hasn't done either, though she's already secured Cheeto's endorsement.
From the list of statements of interest filed with the AZ SOS -
My guess: Biggs won't be last "big name" to express an interest in the race for Arizona governor.
Whoever gets through the R primary for the chance to face off against Governor Katie Hobbs will be a supporter of Cheeto.
That person will also make voting for Hobbs easy, because it will be a vote for competence over extremism.
What will be more interesting, in a "get out your popcorn" sort of way, will be the Republican primary contest to replace Biggs in Congress.
His CD5 district is a safe one for Rs, meaning that the R primary winner will almost certainly win in the general election.
One person, former legislator Travis Grantham, has already filed a statement of interest in the race for CD5.
But he won't be the last to do so.
All of the Rs in that race will have a platform of "I'm Trumpier than thou".
No one, not even Grantham, has yet formed a committee with the FEC as of the writing of this post.
Interesting side note: Grantham filed his SOI 2.5 hours after Biggs did so. I'm guessing that he got a phone call.
