Republicans Had Their Chance to Lower Bills for Arizona Families. Voters Can’t Afford to Give Them Another One.

PHOENIX—Tonight, the campaigns to lead Arizona’s Congressional delegation and the Governor’s office have officially begun, and the road to Election Day comes down to one issue: whether Arizona families can still afford to keep their lights on. 

Many of the Republicans moving on after today’s primary election have, frankly, done enough on that front.

In 2025, Juan Ciscomani and Andy Biggs both voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, rubber stamping Donald Trump’s anti-clean energy agenda. Rep. Ciscomani, in fact, had pledged to save clean energy tax credits in multiple bipartisan letters that proved to be entirely performative. His vote for the bill gutted these credits and put $557 million in clean energy investment and hundreds of jobs in his own district on the chopping block.

“Arizona families are paying more to keep their lights on because Juan Ciscomani and Andy Biggs bent their knee to Donald Trump,” said Diali Avila, Arizona Director for Climate Power. “This election is about affordability. Voters will decide who fought to lower their bills and who fought for Big Oil and gas and utilities.”

Utility bills keep climbing. National residential electricity prices are up 18 percent since Trump took office, Arizona led the nation in electricity demand growth in March 2026, up 19.4 percent year over year. In Tucson, Tucson Electric Power has asked regulators for a 13 percent rate hike, citing $1.7 billion in costs tied to data center buildout, while Arizona Public Service asked for a 14% increase. 

Research from the Center for American Progress (CAP) Action Fund and Climate Power shows just how unaffordable life has become for Arizonans under Trump and Republicans like Ciscomani and Biggs: Arizona families have already paid $1,873 more per household in 2026. For families that buy health care coverage through the ACA marketplace, that total climbs to $3,385. These totals could grow to $2,935 and $5,960, respectively by year’s end. 

The general election is November 3, 2026.

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