Within moments of Rep. David Schweikert making official Tuesday his decision to seek the Republican nomination for governor of Arizona in 2026, and vacate his 1st District (suburban Phoenix) House seat, talk began in the conservative lawmaker’s about one of the most familiar names in the Grand Canyon State as a Democrat candidate to succeed him.
But the “twist” is the Democrat’s name would be McCain—either John “Jack” McCain, IV or James “Jimmy” McCain, both sons of the late U.S. Senator John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee.
“No one knows what they will do, but there is certainly talk of one of the McCains running for David’s seat,” former state GOP Chairman Randy Pullen told Newsmax. He added that the younger Jack McCain and brother Jimmy McCain would almost surely talk to their mother Cindy McCain about which one would run—if either decides to make the race.
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