A Thin Bench: Why few Arizona Democrats want to run for Congress
Just before announcing that she would be leaving Congress to run for the U.S. Senate, Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick called her friend K.C. Clark, the Navajo County sheriff, to ask him if he was interested in running for her seat in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District in 2016.
Walden not running for CD2
Nan Walden, a wealthy pecan farmer, environmental attorney and former DC insider who has been rumored to be considering a run for the Democratic nomination against Republican U.S. Rep. Martha McSally in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, will not be seeking the Democratic nomination to take on McSally, according to Democratic Party officials.
Moak decides against congressional run
Businessman Steve Moak will not run for the Republican nomination in the new 9th Congressional District.
Moak said it’s “not the right time” to run for a variety of reasons.