Doug Ducey will be tasked with appointing a successor to John McCain, the six-term Republican senator who died Saturday at age 81. As McCain battled brain cancer, Ducey, a Republican, did not speculate publicly about who he might tap to replace him. His spokesman has said he would not appoint himself to the Senate seat. But when the May 30 deadline to qualify for the ballot came and went without McCain’s seat becoming vacant, worries about having to protect another seat from Democrats faded. The Arizona primary is Tuesday, with Rep. Martha McSally, former state senator Kelli Ward and former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio battling for the Republican nomination.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2018 03:11 UTC