ELECTIONS 2024

CD1 challenger dodges, answers questions in and after ‘debate’

Dr. Amish Shah takes media questions after his Oct. 8 one-on-one interview with Arizona Clean Elections at Bitfire Studios in Phoenix. Shah’s Congressional District 1 opponent, incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, declined an invite to debate Shah, the Democratic Party challenger.

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Dr. Amish Shah took a longer, winding approach to answering some questions posed to him Oct. 8 in an Arizona Clean Elections interview.

Shah took questions from a Clean Elections interviewer for a half-hour that evening at Bitfire Studios in north Phoenix, as his Democrat’s Congressional District 1 House incumbent opponent, Republican Rep. David Schweikert, declined an invite to the debate.

The Q&A with a moderator can be viewed here.

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