Arizona Republican voters will decide on who takes on state Attorney General Kris Mayes in the Nov. 3 general election.
Senate President Warren Petersen, R-Glendale, and attorney Rodney Glassman are competing in the Republican primary. Mayes is running unopposed in the Democratic primary.
The primary elections for both parties will be held on July 21.
Petersen said he has the “most legal experience and the most experience doing what the attorney general does.”
“This is a management policy position. I’m the only person in this race who has managed one of the largest institutions over the last four years as Senate president,” Petersen told The Center Square.
Petersen also said he has been called the “de facto attorney general” because Arizona law allows a Senate president to have legal standing.
“I am now managing over 110 cases or amicus briefs,” he said.
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