David Giles, who is running in the Republican primary to challenge incumbent Democrat Kyrsten Sinema in Arizona’s 9th District, cited a teeth whitening procedure as a campaign expense on an FEC report.
He also spent more than $1,000 on clothing, $500 on t-shirts for a teen abstinence event and nearly $3,000 on “tactical equipment” for his office, including a handgun.
Inexperience is clearly at play. “I’m still learning how to file FEC reports,” Giles told the Arizona Republic, which also reported that he paid $100,000 to Gary Price, a former Arizona Corporation Commission member, as his campaign advisor.
Sinema, the first openly bisexual person in Congress, should have no trouble keeping her seat in a district labeled Safe Democrat by the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report/Roll Call.
