>> and rusty bowers. >> reporter: terminated in the state house, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. >> i stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. my opponent was david farnsworth. >> david farnsworth is going to do the job. >> their positions on the major issues, nearly identical, except for one. >> i believe the election was stolen. >> reporter: farnsworth bought into trump's election lies. bowers did not. >> arizona voters have picked david farnsworth. >> i lost big. it is very possible that the bill that i assigned liberally to my committees will be back, the possibility of that getting a governor's signature would just be a disaster. i call it the possibility of going back into the dark ages in arizona.