GOP ad war kicks off in heated battleground state primary: 'We've barely just begun'

EXCLUSIVE: The campaign advertizing war has already kicked disconnected successful the Arizona Republican gubernatorial superior – implicit a twelvemonth distant from the August 2026 election.

Turning Point PAC announced connected Tuesday that they’re launching a $500,000 media bargain crossed platforms successful enactment of Rep. Andy Biggs connected "strategic cable, over-the-top, radio, and direct-to-voter placements" targeting Arizona voters. The ads volition statesman Tuesday and volition aerial for the adjacent 3.5 weeks. The ads volition aerial connected Fox News' section designated marketplace country slots, blimpish speech vigor streaming services successful summation to targeted integer ads. 

"Andy Biggs was the champion Senate President Arizona has had successful decades and helium has been President Trump’s astir reliable person successful Congress. He is Trump-endorsed, Charlie Kirk endorsed, and Turning Point Action endorsed," Tyler Bowyer, COO of Turning Point Action and Turning Point PAC, said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

"His run momentum is already gathering astatine an unthinkable clip and we’ve hardly conscionable begun. The media bargain combined with Biggs’s awesome earned media vulnerability shows however enthusiastic the grassroots is to marque Andy Biggs the adjacent politician of Arizona," helium added.

TRUMP BACKS REPUBLICAN RIVALS IN ARIZONA GOVERNOR'S RACE AFTER REP. BIGGS ENTERS CONTEST: 'I HAD A PROBLEM'

Representative Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, speaks with members of the media arsenic helium departs during a gathering of the 118th Congress successful the House Chamber astatine the US Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.  (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The effort’s announcement comes arsenic the radical held a rally successful support of Biggs implicit the play successful the Phoenix area.

"To spot a country packed with thousands of Biggs supporters this acold retired from the superior was genuinely historic, and it’s impervious of the grassroots vigor that is already gathering down his campaign," TPUSA laminitis Charlie Kirk said successful a statement. The enactment is headquartered successful Arizona.

"There isn’t a satellite successful which voters volition not beryllium alert of Andy Biggs being connected the ballot, and the much who find out, the much his double-digit pb implicit each different competitors volition grow. Andy Biggs is acceptable to bring a President Trump and Ron DeSantis level of enactment and competency to governing Arizona, and Turning Point is arrogant to get down his campaign," Kirk continued.

CONSERVATIVE GROUP DEBUTS MAJOR AD BUY IN KEY SENATORS' STATES AS 'SOFT APPEAL' FOR HEGSETH, GABBARD, PATEL

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs gives a little code anterior to President Joe Biden's remarks astatine the Tempe Center for the Arts connected Sept. 28, 2023, successful Tempe, Arizona. Biden delivered remarks connected protecting democracy, honoring the bequest of the precocious Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), and revealed backing for the McCain Library. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

In the primary, Biggs is moving against Karrin Taylor Robson, a businesswoman and erstwhile Arizona Board of Regents subordinate who sought the information successful 2022 but mislaid to Kari Lake. A Taylor Robson state said that she has been spending that magnitude of wealth play "talking to voters crossed each platforms." Her run precocious touted a "multi-million dollar" advertisement bargain with a commercialized touting Trump’s endorsement successful April.

"I’m arrogant and honored that President Trump has reaffirmed his endorsement of our campaign," Taylor Robson said successful a connection astatine the time. "It's clip that we instrumentality our connection of America and Arizona First enactment to voters crossed Arizona. Katie Hobbs has been a catastrophe and has tried to basal successful President Trump’s way. As Governor, I volition enactment with President Trump to physique a stronger border, a stronger economy, and a stronger and safer Arizona."

The Taylor Robson state added that Turning Point’s determination to walk connected advertisements this aboriginal affirms that it’s a competitory superior race.

REP. ANDY BIGGS EYES RUN FOR ARIZONA GOVERNOR, SAYS HE UNDERSTANDS 'WHAT THE STATE NEEDS TO THRIVE'

Arizona Republican Governor campaigner Karrin Taylor Robson speaks with constituents during the SaddleBrooke Republican Club candidates meal for the upcoming superior predetermination successful Tucson, Arizona connected Jul. 1, 2022. (REUTERS/Rebecca Noble)

President Donald Trump said successful a Truth Social station that helium is backing some Biggs and Taylor Robson for governor, arsenic whoever wins the superior volition spell up against Gov. Katie Hobbs successful what’s expected to beryllium a highly competitory wide election. 

"I similar Karrin Taylor Robson of Arizona a lot, and erstwhile she asked maine to Endorse her, with cipher other running, I Endorsed her, and was blessed to bash so," Trump said successful a Truth Social station successful April. 

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"When Andy Biggs decided to tally for Governor, rather unexpectedly, I had a occupation — Two fantastic candidates, 2 terrific people, 2 fantastic champions, and it is truthful my Great Honor TO GIVE MY COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT TO BOTH. Either 1 volition ne'er fto you down. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" the president added.

The advertizing propulsion this aboriginal is simply a testament to the Grand Canyon State’s competitiveness, arsenic it was 1 of the astir wide watched plaything states successful November, which Trump ended up sweeping. Cook Political Report presently ranks the governor’s contention arsenic a toss-up.