David Schweikert

Arizona’s 1st (AZ - 01)

Updated: September 9, 2024

Overview

CANDIDATE CPP:
Phoenix: $787

Dr. Amish Shah is an emergency room doctor and independent legislator who will stand up to the extremes in both parties to do what’s right for Arizona. David Schweikert is part of the problem in Washington — putting his extreme agenda ahead of Arizonans.

Summary

Voters need to see ads on broadcast TV in the Phoenix media market, on streaming and digital platforms district wide, and registered non-partisans and Republican women who have not voted in recent GOP primary elections need to read in the mail that: 

  • David Schweikert has repeatedly tried to ban all abortions nationwide with no exceptions for rape, incest, or to save a woman’s life. In Congress, he cosponsored extreme laws to make abortion a crime and even outlaw fertility treatments like IVF and common forms of birth control. And after Roe v. Wade was overturned, he blocked a law that would have repealed Arizona’s extreme 1864 ban, allowing it to take effect.

Voters 60 years of age and over, especially those that registered non-partisan, need to read in the mail that:

  • David Schweikert threatens the Social Security and Medicare benefits that Arizona seniors earned and rely on. Schweikert said Social Security and Medicare could cause “the end of [the] Republic” and is pushing a radical plan that would make deep cuts to Social Security, raise the retirement age to get benefits, and end Medicare as we know it.

Voters receiving positive communications about Amish Shah need to see ads on streaming and digital platforms district wide that:

  • Amish Shah is an E.R. doctor who stood up to his own party and worked with Republicans in the Arizona legislature to increase funding for border security. And he was the only Democrat in the legislature who voted to strengthen criminal penalties for fentanyl trafficking.

Voters who are registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents but less likely to turnout to vote in the following legislative districts within the Congressional District – Legislative Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 – need to hear the following at their doors and in phone calls and read the following in literature about Amish Shah:

  • Dr. Shah is an emergency room doctor who is committed to lowering health care costs and protecting abortion rights and a bipartisan former state representative who works with both parties to deliver results for Arizona families.
  • In the State House, Shah led the fight to block an extreme abortion ban from becoming law in Arizona. In Congress, he will fight to defend abortion rights and keep politicians out of personal medical decisions that should be between a woman and her doctor.
  • In the State House, Shah worked with both parties to lower the cost of healthcare and require insurance companies to cover more services. In Congress, he will stand up to the big drug companies and fight to require Medicare to negotiate lower prices for more prescription drugs.

Additional Resources

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  • David Schweikert Research Memo 
  • Hispanic voters don’t need to see dedicated digital and mail communication, and instead should be included in broader communications happening district-wide.
  • It is imperative to educate voters about Schweikert’s record in a credible way and avoid overly partisan rhetoric and imagery.
  • Registered Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents who are less likely to turnout should receive communications that early voting begins on October 9th and ends November 1st. The last day to request a ballot-by-mail is October 25th and their ballot must be received by the Clerk’s office by November 5 at 7 pm. On Election Day, polls are open from 6am – 7pm. 



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