It’s official. The hard right wing of the Arizona Republican Party has gone around the bend en route to taking a header straight off an electoral cliff.

I know this because suddenly, state Superintendent Tom Horne isn’t conservative enough for the ultra-MAGA warriors.

In fact, he’s now public enemy No. 1.

No less than the hard right’s self-appointed kingmaker in Arizona, state Sen. Jake Hoffman, is aiming to get the incumbent Republican superintendent booted from office next year.

Hoffman on April 1 labeled Horne “the greatest single threat” to Republicans’ universal school voucher program and vowed to find a more conservative candidate to run against him in the August 2026 GOP primary.

Hoffman didn't say why Horne is suddenly unacceptable.

I'm guessing it's because Horne’s Department of Education has dared to propose some limits on how our money may be spent by those holding Empowerment Scholarship........

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