>> typical is one or two. if it was a controversial bill, you might send it to three. if it goes to four committees, then you're getting a message. >> judiciary. >> i assigned it to 12 committees. >> transportation. >> it was theatrical, and i admit it. >> reporter: it's no overstatement to say that because bowers stood up for democracy, he will no longer be in the state legislature. >> i'm rusty bowers. >> reporter: term limited in the statehouse, he ran in the republican primary for a state senate seat. >> i've stood up to the radicals and kept my conservative campaign promises. >> my opponent was david farnsworth. >> david farnsworth is going to do the job. >> reporter: 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 over statehouse speaker -- >> i lost big. it is very possible that the