“Kari Lake is a better version of Trump,” Campbell said. Lake is a stronger candidate than Masters, he said. The race for governor is closer than the race for Senate because Hobbs faces a tougher matchup, said Chad Campbell, a Democratic consultant and former Arizona legislator. Hobbs will be elected in November,” Hobbs campaign manager Nicole DeMont said in a statement to The Associated Press. “At the end of the day, we’re confident that sanity will beat chaos and Sec. Kyrsten Sinema to represent the same central Phoenix district, Hobbs in the House and Sinema in the Senate. She was elected to the Legislature in 2010, running on a slate with now-U.S. Hobbs is a former social worker who worked with people experiencing homelessness and later was a lobbyist for a domestic violence shelter. Hobbs announced over the weekend that she raised $1.2 million in the week following the abortion ruling, a major uptick in fundraising, though she hasn’t yet had to file campaign finance statements that would confirm the numbers.
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She pledged to use the full power of the governor’s office to protect women’s rights, though she acknowledged there was little she could do without cooperation from the Legislature, which is likely to be controlled at least in part by Republicans who oppose abortion. Late last month, Hobbs jumped on a chance to sharpen her message when a judge in Tucson ruled that prosecutors can enforce a near-total ban on abortion that was first enacted during the Civil War. “Talking about the issues that she cares about, talking about what’s important.”
“What I want to see from Katie Hobbs is a more aggressive candidate,” Gullett said.
The margin of error was 3 percentage points. The survey of 1,008 Arizona voters was conducted Sept. She’s running for constable in the Phoenix suburbs.Ī Fox News poll released Thursday found Kelly leading Republican Blake Masters 46% to 40%, while the race for governor was roughly tied. “People like shiny objects, and Kari Lake is that shiny object that’s putting herself out there,” said Bridget Bellavigna, a Democrat who was inspired by Trump’s election to get involved in local politics. Blake Masters, Kelly’s rival in the Senate race, has struggled to gain the same type of traction. Kari Lake, Hobbs’ opponent as the Republican nominee for governor, has gained a significant following as a savvy ally of former President Donald Trump.
The dynamics reflect how the campaigns have sometimes pursued different strategies and face different types of rivals. Kelly maintains a position of strength in polling and fundraising while Hobbs is in a tighter spot. Mark Kelly, newly elected to finish the late John McCain’s last term and running for reelection, looked to be among the most vulnerable members of the Senate.įortunes appear to have flipped for the two Democrats as the midterm campaign enters the home stretch in a fast-growing, diverse state that is increasingly central to how the Democratic Party sees its future. PHOENIX (AP) - A year ago, Arizona’s Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was all over cable news, building a national profile as a defender of democracy and raking in cash for her campaign for governor.ĭemocratic Sen.
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