Republicans for Harris lean on memory of John McCain in battleground Arizona

Published August 8, 2024 7:00am ET



Four years after Arizonans rejected former President Donald Trump in the presidential election, a group of Republicans supporting Vice President Kamala Harris hopes to repeat history by evoking the memory of the late Sen. John McCain.

John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, appeared at a press conference Monday to launch a new Republican task force for Harris alongside former Republican state Rep. Robin Shaw. He, like others in the purple state, considers himself a “McCain Republican” and said he believes his party risks losing elections until it chooses leaders with a different temperament.

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