Mark Lamb

Trump endorsed former Pinal County Sheriff and current congressional candidate Mark Lamb in his bid to replace Andy Biggs in Congressional District 5 — and Trump told former Cardinals kicker Jay Feely to find a different seat to run for (Laura Gersony / the Republic) (November 5, 2025)

There’s an old sheriff in town: “60 Days In” star and “America’s Sheriff” Mark Lamb announced he will run for Andy Biggs’ congressional seat in the East Valley’s Congressional District 5, Noah Cullen reports for Pinal Central. Lamb, the former Pinal County sheriff, announced his candidacy on “The Charlie Kirk Show.” He has a history of supporting “America First” border security and has been a longtime supporter of President Donald Trump. “Like any good cop, I can’t run from a fight. So, I’m announcing today my candidacy for CD5,” Lamb said. “I’m getting in because, listen, I believe in America, I believe in our history, our birthright and I think America has a bright future and I want to be a part of it.” (October 24, 2025)

Seeing an opening: While Mark Lamb deals with (or tries to avoid entirely) allegations that he sexted women and intimidated them to stay quiet — a story that now includes a woman who can corroborate seeing those sexts, which she said made her want to “puke” — Lamb’s opponent in the Congressional District 5 GOP primary, Daniel Keenan, is trying to capitalize on the moment. So far, the main differences between the two candidates are that Keenan can still say he’s scandal-free and he believes Trump won the 2020 election, while Lamb said in his 2022 Senate run that Trump lost, per KTAR’s Jim Sharpe. (June 4, 2026)

Just some good old-fashioned American dick pics: Former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb sent photos of his penis to women, and then threatened to sic state troopers on them if they revealed he did it, the Republic’s Laura Gersony and Robert Anglen report. The dick pics don’t jibe with the image that Lamb — who wrote a book about “traditional values in a modern world” — is trying to present to the public as he runs for Congress, although somehow we doubt the pics will make President Donald Trump pull his endorsement. “Among the images the women said Lamb shared both in messages and in person: A close-up picture of a penis with an offer to measure it; a similar penis picture he showed off on his phone; a photo of an unidentified couple having intercourse with a text telling the recipient to ‘think about that being you,’ punctuated with a devil emoji,” Gersony and Anglen wrote. (May 21, 2026)

It’s all politics: A few weeks after high-profile Arizona Republicans berated Democratic U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego for being friends with disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell, they had little to say about the revelation that Republican Mark Lamb, the former Pinal County sheriff who’s running for Congress, sexted with several women and then threatened them to keep it quiet, the Republic’s Laura Gersony and Robert Anglen report. One of Lamb’s biggest backers, Peoria mayor Jason Beck, hung up on reporters when they asked him about it. So did Kari Lake. (May 27, 2026)

Sleepy Mark Lamb: The recent revelations about Mark Lamb sexting and intimidating women are a godsend for his rival in the GOP primary in Congressional District 5. Daniel Keenan leaned on the sexting scandal during a debate last week, calling them “disqualifying” and saying Lamb was an “embarrassment to the Republican Party,” the Republic’s Laura Gersony reports. In response, Lamb didn’t say anything. He didn’t even go to the debate, or explain why he declined the invitation, which gave Keenan an opening to say Lamb “continues to hide in the basement like Sleepy Joe Biden,” per the Daily Independent’s Jason W. Brooks. (June 8, 2026)

Send Bigfoot to Congress: Former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb joined seven other Republicans in filing a statement of interest to replace U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs in CD5, the Arizona Mirror’s Jerod MacDonald-Evoy reports. Lamb’s complicated history involves QAnon ties, and he’s been working as a consultant since he lost the GOP primary for U.S. Senate to Kari Lake last year. Apparently, his new career also involves making AI Bigfoot videos. (October 22, 2025)

Speaking of Scottsdale clubbing: Former lawmaker and current Scottsdale City Council candidate Michelle Ugenti-Rita was asked on KTAR’s “Outspoken with Bruce and Gaydos” if congressional candidate Mark Lamb should drop out of his race after allegations came out about him sexting and intimidating victims into silence. Longtime readers will remember Ugenti-Rita was accused of the exact same thing when she was a lawmaker. She said Lamb shouldn’t drop out. (And for more Scottsdale messiness, check out TJ’s interview on KJZZ’s “The Show” yesterday recapping the city’s scandals.) “Michelle is here, and Michelle has been on both sides of this — she’s accused someone of sexual harassment at the Legislature and been accused herself of sexually harassing a female lobbyist there, so I think you have an interesting perspective on it,” Bruce said, while teeing up the question. (June 5, 2026)

Yet another Lamb mine: Former Pinal County sheriff and current candidate for Congress Mark Lamb continues to have a very bad week. This time, the Republic’s Robert Anglen and Laura Gersony dug up social media messages from a decade ago that show Lamb laughing it up with racists. A supporter of Lamb’s wrote a message to him saying the vigilante group Border Narcotics Intelligence “work like (N-words)” to help Lamb’s campaign. Lamb replied “Hahahaha! So you don’t do anything?” followed by a pair of laughing emojis. The vigilante had to clarify that he meant they were working hard. Beyond the racism, Lamb also peppered his messages with various forms of homophobia and misogyny. (May 28, 2026)

Airing dirty laundry: The sexting scandal that’s roiling Mark Lamb’s congressional bid already made its way through the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Republic’s Robert Anglen and Laura Gersony report in their series on the former Pinal County sheriff’s escapades. After a solemn promise from church leaders that they would look into it, one woman was left to deal with the increasingly irate Lamb on her own. (May 22, 2026)

Is that why he didn’t attend the debate?: Congressional candidate Mark Lamb appears to be campaigning from his new ranch in Tennessee, Laura Gersony and Robert Anglen report for the Republic. The former Pinal County sheriff bought a $3 million ranch and posts on social media about living there several times a week. Members of Congress are required to live in the state they represent, which could raise legal issues if he’s elected. More immediately, it’s raising yet another round of uncomfortable questions for his campaign. "Not living in your community, if you ever look at polling, is a big deal to voters,” said GOP U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, who is running for Arizona governor. “That's just another thing that has to be explained.” (June 9, 2026)

Pausing, then piling on: High-profile Republican officials in Arizona didn’t have much to say in the days after the Republic revealed that Mark Lamb, the former Pinal County sheriff who’s running for Congress, sexted with various women and tried to intimidate them into keeping it hush-hush. But now, those GOP officials are starting to weigh in on Lamb’s behavior, per the Republic’s Laura Gersony and Robert Anglen. Congressman (and gubernatorial candidate) Andy Biggs called the sexting “concerning.” U.S. Rep. David Schweikert (also running for governor) said Republicans “hold ourselves out to be moral actors” and shouldn’t accept this type of behavior. Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller (also a Republican) said he assigned an investigator to review the matter, while Lamb’s rival in the GOP primary, business owner Daniel Keenan, seized the opportunity and put out a video ad with screenshots of Lamb’s texts. (June 1, 2026)

Sticking with him: Former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is getting a boost from a libertarian group, despite facing accusations that he threatened to sic state troopers on a woman if she revealed any of the sexts he sent her, making a racist joke about Black people being lazy and essentially moving to Tennessee while he campaigns for an office in Arizona, per the Republic’s Laura Gersony and Robert Anglen. The Club for Growth spent $250,000 on TV ads to help Lamb’s campaign for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District. The new ads focus on President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Lamb for being a border hawk. (July 8, 2026)

Claims denied: While the Republic could lean on a deep digital footprint to show Lamb’s sexting, an even more salacious allegation against Rodney Glassman, a Republican candidate for Arizona attorney general, doesn’t seem to have much substance. The unproven allegations that have circulated for months deal with Glassman supposedly raping his brother decades ago, but his brother says the allegations are false and come from a former employee who’s trying to extort him for $500,000, the New Times’ Stephen Lemons reports. (May 21, 2026)

A political black hole: Congressional candidate and former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb’s sexting scandal is sucking in anyone within its gravitational pull. Right now, Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller is chastising former County Attorney Kent Volkmer for not fully investigating misconduct allegations against Lamb in 2020, as well as an allegation Lamb made against a woman he said was harassing him with revenge porn, the Republic’s Robert Anglen and Laura Gersony report. Lamb told Volkmer the person in a salacious photo wasn’t him, so Volkmer dropped the matter. At the same time, Miller is trying to ward off allegations of workplace harassment and that he spread rumors about Lamb being a “swinger.” (June 12, 2026)

This guy: Also backing the measure is controversial Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller, (last spotted threatening to prosecute a Democratic state senator for posting online that ICE was conducting raids in her neighborhood), who was recently slapped with a notice of claim alleging that he fostered “a workplace of sex discrimination” that included sexist comments, and that he said Pinal County Sheriff (and congressional candidate Mark Lamb is a “swinger” who “sends dick pics to women,” per the Phoenix New Times’ Stephen Lemons. In other Miller news, last year, the Pinal County Attorney’s Office entered into a 287(g) agreement with ICE — a rare move for a prosecutorial office. Now, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors is considering whether that agreement is even legal, Gomez writes. “(Illegal immigration) seems to be the precursor to a lot of other crimes, just the way that marijuana has become a precursor to fentanyl use, cocaine and methamphetamines,” Miller said. (January 13, 2026)

Birds of a feather: In the race for the GOP nomination in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District, President Donald Trump made sure it was clear that he endorsed Mark Lamb, the Republic’s Robert Anglen and Dan Nowicki report. Some Arizona Republicans backed away from Lamb after the Republic reported he sexted women and tried to intimidate at least one of them to keep quiet. But Trump isn’t one of those Republicans. He posted on Friday that Lamb was a “MAGA Warrior” who “WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” (July 13, 2026)

The view from DC: Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Andy Biggs and David Schweikert are both Freedom Caucus types, but Biggs hails from a district where “a turtle running as a Republican” could win, while Schweikert hails from a rare competitive district, representation that reflects their starkly different styles, the Associated Press’ Jonathan J. Cooper and team report. Democrats really need to win Schweikert’s seat in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, but the primary election to choose their nominee “is accelerating from mess to circus,” Sejal Govindarao reports for the New York Times. And in Politico, Andrew Howard covers Daniel Keenan’s attempt to knock allegedly prolific dick-pic-sender Mark Lamb out of the frontrunner slot to replace Biggs in CD5. Lamb has Trump’s endorsement. “A guy that goes around and says, ‘God, family freedom,’ is sending pictures of himself and nude pictures of his wife, encouraging his friends and his employees to have sexual relations with his wife,” Keenan told Politico. “That’s not ‘God, family freedom.’ That shows you’re morally broke.” (July 20, 2026)

Missing deadlines: Three congressional candidates didn’t file financial disclosures on time, per KJZZ’s Camryn Sanchez. Democratic candidates Rick McCartney of the 1st Congressional District and Kai Newkirk of the 4th Congressional District both failed to submit. Same with Republican Daniel Keenan, who‘s running against Lamb in the 5th Congressional District. If they don’t file within the grace period of 30 days after the deadline, they’ll face a whopping fine of $200. (July 8, 2026)

No Country for Old Attorneys: Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller has closed his review of allegations involving former Sheriff Mark Lamb, saying his office found no evidence Lamb committed a crime — and no evidence former County Attorney Kent Volkmer actually investigated the matter in 2020. The review comes after the Republic’s Robert Anglen and Laura Gersony reported that Lamb appeared to get special treatment when sexual misconduct and revenge porn-related allegations surfaced while he was sheriff. Volkmer previously told the Republic he conducted a cursory review, but Miller’s office said it found no records to back that up. (June 24, 2026)