Amish Shah Wins Arizona Democratic Congressional Primary

Key facts

• Indian-American Amish Shah, a moderate Democrat and three-term member of the Arizona House of Representatives, won the Democratic primary for Arizona’s First District.
• Shah, an emergency medicine doctor, defeated establishment-backed candidate Marlene Galan-Woods in the primary.
• Shah will face Republican candidate Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker backed by US President Donald Trump, in the November general election.
• Born in Chicago to Gujarati parents who immigrated to the US in the 1960s, Shah earned his undergraduate degree and medical degree from Northwestern University.
• Shah earned a Master's in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley on a full merit scholarship.
• Shah won the district’s Democratic primary in 2024 but lost the general election to Republican David Schweikert by four points.