Arizona’s Republican Primary for Governor Tests Anger Over 2020

PHOENIX—In one of America’s most tightly contested states, Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday hinges on whether voters are still angry about the 2020 election results or want to focus on more traditional conservative issues.

Former local television broadcaster and political neophyte Kari Lake is endorsed by former President Donald Trump and his onetime adviser Steve Bannon. She has centered her campaign on the unfounded claim that Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Arizona was fraudulent. She says new election-security policies are needed and wants to finish building a Southern border wall the federal government expanded under Trump.