AZ-GOV: In Arizona, the McCain name is now raising money for a Democrat

Cindy and her son Jimmy McCain will host a fundraiser on behalf of Gov. Katie Hobbs in September, lending the state’s most storied Republican name to the re-election campaign of the Democratic incumbent, according to an invitation obtained exclusively by MS NOW.

The event, planned for September, is a measure of how much Arizona’s politics have shifted in the eight years since the passing of Republican Sen. John McCain, where voters have since elected Democrats to statewide offices long held by Republicans — including McCain’s own former Senate seat.

Cindy McCain, the former head of the United Nations World Food Programme, endorsed Joe Biden in 2020. Jimmy McCain, a Marine Corps veteran and member of the Arizona Board of Regents, registered as a Democrat in 2024 and backed Kamala Harris later that year.

The pair will host the fundraiser as part of a two-day retreat in Sedona, the community tucked into the red rocks of northern Arizona, where the McCain family would often spend time away when not in Phoenix or Washington, D.C.



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