PHOENIX (AP) — Rep. David Schweikert jumped into the Republican primary for Arizona governor Tuesday, joining a field crowded by two candidates backed by President Donald Trump and raising Democratic hopes for flipping his seat in Congress.

“Congress is so dysfunctional that there is no value in the work,” Schweikert said as he confirmed his candidacy to The Associated Press in an interview.

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