Swordsmyth
06-21-2018, 11:45 PM
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will not debate his Republican primary opponent, former Secretary of State Ken Bennett, because he considers him a "fringe" candidate, Ducey's campaign manager said on Wednesday.
Bennett, who also is a former president of the Arizona Senate, left the mainstream when he announced that he would not appoint Cindy McCain to her husband's U.S. Senate seat (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/05/31/ken-bennett-rival-doug-ducey-wont-appoint-cindy-mccain-senate/661465002/) if he were governor, said J.P. Twist, Ducey’s re-election campaign manager.
John McCain is battling brain cancer (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/07/20/mccain-cancer-glioblastoma-aggressive-tumor/494576001/). If he dies while in office, the state’s governor would appoint someone to the seat.
Bennett posted his vow on Twitter on May 31. Though there is an anti-McCain wing of the Arizona Republican party, the Tweet drew the ire of the state's Republican Party chairman.
Ducey, in a radio interview, referred to Bennett’s remark as "indecent" and "embarrassing."
More at: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/06/20/arizona-governors-race-doug-ducey-wont-debate-ken-bennett/720291002/
Bennett, who also is a former president of the Arizona Senate, left the mainstream when he announced that he would not appoint Cindy McCain to her husband's U.S. Senate seat (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2018/05/31/ken-bennett-rival-doug-ducey-wont-appoint-cindy-mccain-senate/661465002/) if he were governor, said J.P. Twist, Ducey’s re-election campaign manager.
John McCain is battling brain cancer (https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/07/20/mccain-cancer-glioblastoma-aggressive-tumor/494576001/). If he dies while in office, the state’s governor would appoint someone to the seat.
Bennett posted his vow on Twitter on May 31. Though there is an anti-McCain wing of the Arizona Republican party, the Tweet drew the ire of the state's Republican Party chairman.
Ducey, in a radio interview, referred to Bennett’s remark as "indecent" and "embarrassing."
More at: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/06/20/arizona-governors-race-doug-ducey-wont-debate-ken-bennett/720291002/