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Arizona primary voters visit a polling location in Phoenix on Tuesday. (Ross D. Franklin\/AP)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Afternoon temperatures could top 110 degrees in Phoenix today as Arizona voters cast ballots in primary contests for governor, the U.S. House and other offices. Besides spontaneous combustion, here are a few things I\u2019ll be watching for.<\/p>

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In the governor\u2019s race, the heat \u2014 sorry \u2014 is all on the Republican side, where Rep. Andy Biggs is competing with Rep. David Schweikert, along with candidates Ken Miceli and Scott Neely, for the nomination to take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs.<\/p>\n

Biggs has the backing of President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, while Schweikert is offering a more traditional Republican approach. Biggs is favored, but MAGA has stumbled in Arizona recently, so Schweikert\u2019s performance bears watching.<\/p>\n

The primaries could also tee up a former NFL player to join Congress, with former Arizona Cardinals kicker Jay Feely running to replace Schweikert in the 1st Congressional District, based in affluent Scottsdale. His opponents for the GOP nomination are former state lawmaker Joseph Chaplik and businessman John Trobough, but Feely has the Trump seal of approval, so, again, we\u2019ll see if that makes the difference.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an even more interesting plotline on the Democratic side of that district. The national party\u2019s congressional campaign organization has thrown its weight behind a former Republican \u2014 Marlene Gal\u00e1n-Woods, whose late husband, Grant Woods, was once Arizona\u2019s GOP attorney general. Woods was a close confidant of the late senator John McCain (R-Arizona) and turned against the GOP after Trump came to power.<\/p>

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Some grassroots Democrats prefer her opponent: emergency room doctor Amish Shah, a former state lawmaker who beat her for the nomination in 2024, then lost the general election to Schweikert.<\/p>\n

That seat and one other \u2014 the 6th Congressional District, outside Tucson \u2014 are considered toss-ups and prime opportunities for Democrats to flip GOP-held districts this fall.<\/p>\n

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