Conservative candidate Andy Biggs pulled ahead of millionaire Christine Jones after final ballots were counted since the Tuesday primary, the Arizona Republican reported. Self-funded candidate Jones had led Biggs by several hundred votes on Wednesday morning, results the Associated Press said was too close to call.
The findings are sure to cause a stir in Washington: Biggs is one of several GOP primary candidates the House Freedom Caucus endorsed after signaling interest in joining the group should he make it to Washington. The seat’s current representative, retiring caucus member Matt Salmon, endorsed Biggs early in the race. And the conservative Club for Growth has poured nearly $600,000 into backing him.
Establishment Republicans in Washington, conversely, have privately backed Jones, though some such groups made a conscious decision not to fund her simply because she was willing to spend so much of her own money.
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The final vote tally had Biggs at 25,228 votes, Jones at 25,219.
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NEWS: @freedomcaucus candidate Biggs in Ariz. seizes ahead of GOP-estab candidate by 9 votes! Recount expected https://t.co/ZLO37MBly9
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) September 3, 2016
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