Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) won the Democratic primary in Arizona’s Fourth Congressional District on July 21, defeating democratic socialist organizer Kai Newkirk.
Unofficial results posted by Maricopa County showed Stanton with 32,345 votes, or 65.03 percent, to Newkirk’s 17,397 votes, or 34.97 percent. Write-in candidates received 72 votes. Those figures were posted as of 3:05 a.m. local time on July 22.
Newkirk, an organizer who has described himself as a democratic socialist, campaigned against Stanton’s support from groups aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the congressman’s acceptance of corporate contributions, and his vote for the Laken Riley Act, a 2025 federal law that requires mandatory detention of illegal immigrants accused or convicted of crimes. …
Rep. Greg Stanton Defeats Democratic Socialist Challenger in Arizona
