Expert: Taylor Robson’s departure benefits Biggs in race

(The Center Square) – Republican candidate Karrin Taylor Robson dropping out of the Arizona gubernatorial race benefits U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, more than U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Scottsdale, according to Mike Noble, CEO of Noble Predictive Insights.

Earlier this month, Taylor Robson announced she would suspend her gubernatorial campaign.

She called the decision “not an easy one” and said she “would do anything to protect [Arizona] from the growing radicalism of the left.”

“We cannot afford a divisive Republican primary that drains resources and turns into months of intraparty attacks. It only weakens our conservative cause and gives the left exactly what they want: a fractured Republican Party heading into November,” Taylor Robson stated.

“With so much on the line in 2026, I am not willing to contribute to that outcome,” she added.

The Republican and Democratic primaries for the gubernatorial race will take place July 21. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is running unopposed in the primary. ...