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RandySF

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Thu Apr 24, 2025, 03:45 PM Yesterday

AZ-05: Former NFL player Jay Feely (R) launches bid for Congress in Arizona

With a vow to be a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and sports commentator, entered the Republican primary for Arizona’s deep-red 5th District, which Rep. Andy Biggs is vacating to run for governor.

At a campaign kickoff Tuesday in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, Feely, 48, tied his candidacy to his support for Trump’s sweeping second-term agenda, including the president’s immigration and economic policies, as well as his opposition to transgender athletes competing in women’s sports.

“In Congress, I will work tirelessly to codify his America First agenda — securing our border, rebuilding our economy, and unleashing American energy — to restore the American Dream for every citizen of Arizona’s 5th District,” Feely said in a statement announcing his congressional bid.

He joins a crowded GOP primary that already includes former Arizona House Speaker Pro Tempore Travis Grantham, Army veteran and conservative activist Alex Stovall and businessman Daniel Keenan.




https://rollcall.com/2025/04/23/jay-feely-arizona-house-election/

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AZ-05: Former NFL player Jay Feely (R) launches bid for Congress in Arizona (Original Post) RandySF Yesterday OP
This is Arizona. Let them got to Tombstone and have a shootout. Last survivor wins the nomination. Wonder Why Yesterday #1
brain damage CurtEastPoint Yesterday #2
He's always been an asshole, but he was a kicker so he didn't suffer concussions from playing football Wiz Imp Yesterday #3

Wonder Why

(5,544 posts)
1. This is Arizona. Let them got to Tombstone and have a shootout. Last survivor wins the nomination.
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 03:49 PM
Yesterday

The others go to Boot Hill.

On second thought, send the survivor to Boot Hill and bury him/her also.

Wiz Imp

(4,771 posts)
3. He's always been an asshole, but he was a kicker so he didn't suffer concussions from playing football
Thu Apr 24, 2025, 04:48 PM
Yesterday
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