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Republicans Elevate Diverse Recruits in Bid to Win House Majority [1]

['Catie Edmondson']

Date: 2022-06-04

That type of message would put Mr. Ciscomani in the minority among his Republican colleagues should he be elected in November, and it stands in sharp contrast to the language used by other Republicans in the Arizona delegation.

Representative Paul Gosar, who represents much of rural western Arizona, has allied himself with the white nationalist Nick Fuentes and was censured last year for posting an animated video that depicted him killing a Democratic congresswoman. Representative Andy Biggs, whose district is in the eastern portion of the state, has described the influx of migrants at the southwestern border as an “invasion,” and, like Mr. Gosar, participated in the “Stop the Steal” campaign backing former President Donald J. Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

In the interview, Mr. Ciscomani did not criticize Mr. Gosar or Mr. Biggs, suggesting they were just reflecting the people they represent and steering the conversation back to his experience on issues like trade and immigration.

“Their races and their messaging is geared toward their constituency,” Mr. Ciscomani said. Referring to the district he is running in, he added, “We are very unique among Arizona. We’re very unique in the country. So the strategy that we implement here and what is needed to win in this district is very different than anywhere else in the state. In our district, it just goes back to the issues.”

It is a similar approach to the one Tanya Contreras Wheeless, a Republican who is running to unseat Democratic Representative Greg Stanton just north of Mr. Ciscomani’s district in the suburbs of Phoenix, took as she toured the Studio Academy of Beauty in Chandler on a recent Thursday.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/04/us/politics/gop-diversity-texas-arizona.html

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