Dr. Kelli Ward officially filed as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Monday at the Arizona Secretary of State’s office. The former Arizona state senator, military wife, and family doctor will face 33-year Washington incumbent John McCain in the August 30th Republican primary.
Building on her recent endorsement from conservative talk radio host Mark Levin and her overwhelming 75-to-11% win over McCain in the AZ GOP straw poll at Saturday’s state convention, Ward turned in approximately 19,770 signatures on her candidacy petition, more than three times the required minimum of 5,780.
Ward said, “Our overwhelming success in county after county, both rural and urban, is thanks to my conservative message and our enthusiastic grassroots supporters. They know I will be bold, fresh, and fearless in representing AZ in DC, not DC in AZ. Arizona Republicans are eager to elect a Constitutional citizen servant.”