Another snip of the article I mentioned above is this telling tale. Remember Cortes?

One of the most bizarre tactics, however, involved a Mexican immigrant named Olivia Cortes, whom Pearce supporters admitted helping to get on the ballot in the hopes of draining votes away from Lewis.

Pearce denied any knowledge of how Cortes came to be a candidate, but his supporters, including two of his nieces, carried nominating petitions for Cortes, and several paid petition circulators told signers they were trying to get Cortes on the ballot to benefit Pearce.

Cortes’ name appeared on the ballot even though she officially pulled out of the race. Cortes received roughly 250 votes out of more than 20,000 cast.
Sen. Rich Crandall, R-Mesa, said the result did not surprise him.

“I feel bad for Russell from the standpoint that it was the worst-run campaign I’ve ever seen,” Crandall said. “I’ve never seen more miscues in an election than what happened to him.”

Sen. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, will be one of several candidates to replace Pearce as Senate president.

“I am profoundly disappointed that he (Pearce) didn’t win,” he said.

Biggs said the Cortes election flap turned many voters against Pearce and could have cost him 4-5 points in the election. “That was a startling miscalculation,” he said.

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot! And Biggs is unfit to succeed Pearce.