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Campaigning here in arizona. he's clearly taking his challenger seriously. >> i started campaigning on november 4th right after i didn't succeed in the presidential campaign. >> hayworth says mccain is too liberal on government spending and illegal immigration. >> why do you see yourself at the conservative alternative to john mccain. >> this has come from the fact in arizona that john, and look we all think the world of john, john's place in history is secure, but john no longer represents the common sense conservative philosophy that most arizonans share. >> reporter: hayworth has ventured i...

And, look, we all think the world of john. john's place in history is secure. but john no longer represents the common sense conservative philosophy that most arizonans share. >> reporter: hayworth has ventured into a republican committee meeting in a phoenix suburb that has been a big stronghold for john mccain in elections past. it's voters like these that hayworth is going to need to capture a seat in the senate that mccain has held for nearly a quarter of a century. >> i will stand four square against amnesty on any form. >> reporter: hayworth and mccain both lost their last elections to d...

Challenger seriously. >> i started campaigning on november 4th, right after i didn't succeed in the presidential campaign. >> reporter: hayworth says mccain is too liberal on government spending and illegal immigration. why do you see yourself as the conservative alternative to john mccain? >> in arizona, this has come from the fact that john -- and, look, we all think the world of john. john's place in history is secured, but john no longer represents the common sense conservative philosophy that most arizonans share. >> reporter: hayworth has vent tured into a republican committee meeting in...

Ceremony in phoenix. mccain is spending a lot of time in his home state preparing for what looks like a tough primary fight against conservative republican j.d. hayworth. >> i'm tenacious. i fight. i love a good campaign. >> reporter: the primary is more than six months away. mccain is already spending an entire week campaigning here in arizona. here's clearly taking his challengers seriously. >> actually, i started campaigning on november the 4th, right after i didn't succeed in the presidential campaign. >> reporter: hayworth says mccain is too liberal on government spending and illegal immi...