AZ-01: Democrats in CD1 agree Trump is the problem, but differ on how to take him on
Both of the Democratic front-runners in a Phoenix-area congressional district that is among the most closely watched in the country this year put President Donald Trump center stage in a debate Tuesday, with each making their case to voters that they’d be the best choice to be the Democratic nominee in November.
The four-way Democratic primary election in Congressional District 1 is widely expected to come down to a contest between Amish Shah, an emergency room physician and former state legislator, and Marlene Galán-Woods, a former television news anchor.
The two faced off in 2024, with Shah besting Galán-Woods in the primary election by about 1,700 votes. (Galán-Woods finished in third place in the six-way race, trailing Andrei Cherny by about 200 votes.)
But Shah went on to lose in November to the Republican incumbent, David Schweikert, by nearly four percentage points.
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