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PHOENIX — Former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth on Monday kicked off a campaign challenging John McCain, setting up a showdown between well-known Republicans that promises to be the Arizona senator’s toughest re-election battle.
Hayworth, a conservative talk-radio host, held a rally before several dozen supporters in Phoenix and was set to start a three-day statewide tour.
“Arizona needs strong, reliable, conservative leadership . . . to stand up to the Democrats’ leftist agenda and offer the conservative solutions we need to get our country moving again,” Hayworth said.
Arizona conservatives have long been skeptical of McCain, in part, for working with Democrats on campaign-finance reform and immigration. The Associated Press
