THATCHER — U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said the key to a Republican victory in November is voter turnout.
“We need (it) to be somewhere around 40 percent to 50 percent, instead of 27 percent,” Biggs said. “And what we need is we need Mormons, we need Evangelicals and we need gun rights Second Amendment people to come out and vote.”
Biggs is running for governor, and he and his running mate for lieutenant governor Sine Kerr spoke before the Graham County Republican Committee Friday at Eastern Arizona College.
Biggs said the day after he’s elected, Nov. 4, he wants to meet with leadership from the state House and Senate to draft a plan to re-run bills that current Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed, so he can sign them into law.
He also criticized Hobbs for her claims of reducing energy rates, increasing affordable housing and her work on the state’s water crisis, calling her “at best, recklessly incompetent.”
– David Bell Photo/Gila Valley Central
Biggs touted his plan to eliminate the state income tax, which he said can be accomplished without raising any other taxes. When asked if property taxes can be eliminated for those 65 and older who have retired, he said the first priority is to eliminate the state income tax and then he would look at other taxes.
Biggs called on the party faithful to vote the down-ballot races, too, supporting the re-election campaigns of local Republicans Lupe Diaz; David Gowan, who is termed out of the state Senate and is running for state House; and Gail Griffin, who is termed out of the state House and is running for state Senate.
“We’re fighting an existential, spiritual battle right now,” Biggs said. “Arizona is the red wall. We cannot let these people (Democrats) take over this state any more than they already have. We have got to push back.”
– David Bell Photo/Gila Valley Central
