GOP holds onto House seat in Arizona

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Republican Debbie Lesko won a special election Tuesday night to replace former Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., in the U.S. House of Representatives. Franks resigned in December over accusations he pressured a staff member to carry his child as a surrogate in exchange for $5 million. Lesko won the race in the Phoenix-area district with 53 percent of votes after about 75 percent of the ballots were counted. Lesko, a former state senator, received support from President Donald Trump, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, and national Republican groups that spent more than $500,000 campaigning for her. Trump won the district in the 2016 presidential election by about 21 percentage points.

Lynde Langdon

Lynde is WORLD’s executive editor for news. She is a graduate of World Journalism Institute, the Missouri School of Journalism, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Lynde resides with her family in Wichita, Kan.

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