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Midterms 2026 · US House

AZ-01 House race: Amish Shah vs Jay Feely

How the candidates in the Arizona's 1st district race are arguing their case, read the same way for each of them. Updated every 15 minutes until election day, 3 November 2026.

Cook Political Report rating: Lean D

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Amish Shah

Democrat

Us vs. them0.5
Absolutes0.3
Threat & fear0.3

Hostility this week 1.0 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: −0.4 neutral

19 Oct 2026 · kjzz.org

Free markets work for things like Toyotas, but in order to take the problem and fix it we need universal single-payer Medicare for all throughout this country. I don’t remember the exact organization of the group, but I was invited to come speak to them and…
AbsolutesThreat & fearUs vs. them

Audience impact −1 leans negative

16 Oct 2026 · ABC15 politics (Phoenix)

When I'm talking to the voters, what they have said to me clearly is they don't want them in CD-1.

Audience impact 0 neutral

7 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

Do you want more of the same that you've seen in the last two years, or is it time to change things and change direction for our country? I'm going to stand up to the Trump administration. Congress is meant to be a check on the president. That's not happening…
Us vs. them

Audience impact −2 alarms or divides

2 Oct 2026 · dccc.org

force billionaires to pay their fair share and work with both parties.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

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Jay Feely

Republican

Us vs. them0.4
Absolutes0.4
Leverage0.2

Hostility this week 1.8 / 10 (too little history yet for a personal norm).

Audience impact, 30 days: +0.6 leans reassuring

19 Oct 2026 · kjzz.org

Amish believes in the Green New Energy Deal. He knows that the people on CD1 don’t want single payer. That they want to have options, that they want to be able to keep their doctor. When you were in office you voted for the tax credits to bring those data…
Us vs. themAbsolutesLeverage

Audience impact −1 leans negative

16 Oct 2026 · ABC15 politics (Phoenix)

They add about a billion dollars in revenue to the state of Arizona. That's giving you the opportunity to increase teacher's pay. It's giving you the opportunity to do programs to actually help people. I think it's really hypocritical for you to stand up here…

Audience impact +3 reassures or unites

7 Oct 2026 · yahoo.com

What you have is two different visions — not just for right now, it's not about this election, it's about the future of this country. It's about where we want to go. I believe in limited government, individual liberties, lower taxes, lower costs for you. The…

Audience impact 0 neutral

3 Oct 2026 · essentiallysports.com

I’m excited about this next chapter of my life. I think that I feel God’s calling pressing me into service, and that’s really what I believe it is, is the civil service. I don’t believe we have enough politicians that get into political office not for…
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

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