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Amish Shah in 2023 on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives. Photo by Gage Skidmore (modified) | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
A packed Democratic primary race for Arizona’s First Congressional District was too close to call late on election night, with former state Rep. Amish Shah taking a narrow lead.
Shah, a medical doctor, took around 24% of the votes as of Tuesday night, only about three percentage points ahead of Andrei Cherny and four points ahead of Marlene Galán-Woods.
Cherny was previously an assistant Arizona attorney general and is also a former chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party. He received support in the race from former President Bill Clinton, who he used to work for, and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego.
Former broadcast journalist Galán-Woods, the widow of former Attorney General Grant Woods, received the backing of many prominent Democrats, including Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, former Governor and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and numerous other current and former members of Congress.
Conor O’Callaghan, who works in finance, had around 18% as voting wound down on election night, with orthodontist Andrew Horne and Kurt Kroemer, former CEO of the Arizona/New Mexico region of the American Red Cross, lagging behind with 12% and 3% of votes, respectively.
The winner of the race will go on to face incumbent Republican Congressman David Schweikert, who handily beat his opponents in the primary, Kim George and Robert Backie.
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