A vigil was held for Charlie Kirk at Arizona State University Sept. 15, 2025. (Getty Images)
"2026 is going to be the Charlie Kirk election. 2028 will be the Kirk-Vance election," Tyler Bowyer, who runs Turning Point Action, said as volunteers were registering voters at the events. Bowyer encouraged people to use the tragedy as an opportunity to get active in the conservative movement, specifically calling on people to register to vote.
Peter Gentala, president of the Center for Arizona Policy, said it’s "personal" when a "great man dies," speaking highly of the influence Kirk had in the Grand Canyon State and the nation.
At times, the attendees chanted "Charlie" and "U-S-A" during the vigil organized by Arizona State University’s College Republicans chapter and TPUSA.
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Attendees pick up posters of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk during a vigil at Desert Financial Arena on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz., Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"So many people are looking at this right now, and they’re realizing that American culture and the left as a whole has rotted America’s ability to have a dialogue, and I think Gen Z will hold strong to the ideas of the First Amendment," he added.
After Kirk’s assassination Wednesday, his casket was flown on Air Force Two to Phoenix, where a large celebration of life service is slated for Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Bowyer posted to X Tuesday that voter registration efforts will be underway at Sunday's event.
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"County Recorder [Justin Heap] is providing as many Voter Registration forms as humanly printable and possible for Charlie’s celebration of life this Sunday. We anticipate tens of thousands of new voters will register this week in AZ and across the country in CK’s honor," Bowyer wrote.
Large memorial displays have been set up outside the Hansen Mortuary Chapel, where his casket is being held, as well as outside TPUSA’s headquarters in south Phoenix. A 19-year-old man is facing vandalism charges for allegedly trying to destroy the memorial on Sunday, which was seen by Fox News cameras.
Cameron Arcand is a politics writer at Fox News Digital in Washington D.C. Story tips can be sent to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand
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