{"id":4118,"date":"2026-07-23T22:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4118"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:15:57","slug":"nfl-star-to-tackle-his-former-doctor-in-bonkers-election-match-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4118","title":{"rendered":"NFL Star to Tackle His Former Doctor in Bonkers Election Match-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A former NFL kicker-turned-MAGA candidate will take on his former team doctor in a pivotal congressional race.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4116\">Democrat Rips Trump for \u2018Staring Off Into the Abyss\u2019 During Solemn Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jay Feely, a former New York Jet whom President Donald Trump endorsed as the GOP candidate for Arizona\u2019s first congressional district, will match up against his former team physician, Amish Shah, as his Democratic adversary.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the president\u2019s golf buddies, according to Politico, Feely secured the GOP nomination for the congressional seat on Tuesday with major help from Trump\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking you to go out and vote for Jay Feely, a friend of mine and a great athlete to represent Arizona\u2019s first congressional district,\u201d Trump, 80, said in an endorsement video earlier this month. \u201cJay is a true America First conservative and a natural-born leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his career in the NFL, during which he played for seven different teams, Feely, 50, ventured into sports broadcasting before eventually dipping his toes into politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also have to thank President Trump. He and I have been friends for two decades,\u201d Feely said at his victory party on Tuesday, according to People. \u201cWe know how important it is to stand up for him and the policies that he\u2019s trying to impact our country with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Arizona Cardinal kicker said that the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 2024 is what inspired him to run for Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lawfare that Democrats did against President Trump and you watched him get shot,\u201d Feely told Fox News in April 2025. \u201cThat was a big moment for me. I remember starting to really think about running for office the day that he got shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4114\">McConnell Disappearance Triggers Republican Demands for Action<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shah, an emergency doctor and former state representative, claimed victory on Wednesday over House Democrats-backed candidate Marlene Gal\u00e1n-Woods in the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that I can get their endorsement over Jay Feely,\u201d he joked on Tuesday, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>Shah, 48, worked as the Jets\u2019 physician from 2008 to 2013, according to The Washington Post, which included Feely\u2019s short stint on the team in the 2008 and 2009 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>He also led the franchise\u2019s Airway Management Team, according to his official state legislature biography.<\/p>\n<p>The two are battling it out for the seat of Rep. David Schweikert, who was trounced by his Republican colleague Rep. Andy Biggs in an unsuccessful campaign for governor in the GOP primary.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Arizona\u2019s first district, which covers the northern suburbs of Phoenix, is a prime target for Democrats who hope to flip the House majority back to blue come November.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4112\">Top Republican Lashes Out at Karoline Leavitt Over Trump Tantrum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former NFL kicker-turned-MAGA candidate will take on his former team doctor in a pivotal congressional race. Read more Democrat Rips Trump for \u2018Staring Off Into the Abyss\u2019 During Solemn Event Jay Feely, a former New York Jet whom President Donald Trump endorsed as the GOP candidate for Arizona\u2019s first congressional district, will match up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NFL Star to Tackle His Former Doctor in Bonkers Election Match-Up - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4118\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NFL Star to Tackle His Former Doctor in Bonkers Election Match-Up - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former NFL kicker-turned-MAGA candidate will take on his former team doctor in a pivotal congressional race. 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