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Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake waves to supporters as she arrives on stage after being declared the primary winner Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Kari Lake doesn’t mince words in response to Bill Clinton calling her ‘physically attractive’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

U.S. Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks during a debate with Republican challenger Kari Lake, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Phoenix. (Cheryl Evans/Arizona Republic via AP)

Arizona Senate candidate Ruben Gallego’s divorce records unsealed, less than 3 weeks before election

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

U.S. Senate candidates Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., left, and Republican challenger Kari Lake participate in their debate, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Phoenix. (Cheryl Evans/Arizona Republic via AP)

Lake blames Gallego for border woes, he vows to protect abortion rights in Arizona Senate debate

By Jonathan J. Cooper and Gabriel Sandoval - Associated Press

In this combination photo, Kari Lake speaks in Dallas, Aug. 5, 2022, left, and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is seen in the Capitol, July 14, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake to face off in debate for Arizona Senate

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego speaks at a campaign event Monday, July 29, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrat Ruben Gallego promotes Republican support in his Arizona Senate campaign against Kari Lake

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

In this combination photo, Kari Lake speaks in Dallas, Aug. 5, 2022, left, and Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is seen in the Capitol, July 14, 2022, in Washington. Lake is looking to easily win Arizona's Republican nomination for Senate. The primary Tuesday, July 30, will likely set up a fierce battle against Gallego, who is running unopposed in the Democratic primary for a crucial Senate race. In Maricopa County, Republicans will choose between a slate of incumbents who have stood up to former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election and challengers who claim it was stolen. (AP Photo)

Kari Lake aims to win GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. Democrats are trying to outflank Republicans and convince voters they can address problems at the U.S. border with Mexico as immigration likely becomes a major issue in elections that will decide control of Congress. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Democrats lean into border security as it shapes contest for control of Congress

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Former Arizona state Rep. Ruben Gallego, left, celebrates his win in the Democratic primary in the 7th Congressional District, with his wife Kate Gallego, defeating his opponent Mary Rose Wilcox in the Phoenix-area district Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Phoenix. Gallego campaigned on curtailing the rising cost of college education, making sure veterans get timely health care and improving the lives of the poor. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Democrat wins endorsement from Phoenix mayor — his ex-wife — in bid for Arizona Senate seat

By Jonathan J. Cooper - Associated Press

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is seen in the U.S. Capitol, July 14, 2022, in Washington. Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024. Monday's announcement makes Gallego the first candidate to jump into the race in the battleground state and sets up a potential three-way contest. No Republican has currently announced a run. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP, File)

Gallego defends military’s gay stand, compares it to Ukraine’s

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing to examine social media's impact on homeland security, Sept. 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. While 29% Americans claim no religious affiliation, they'd have to squint to see themselves reflected in Congress. The only overtly non-religious members are U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., who identifies as humanist, and Sinema, independent of Arizona, who says she’s religiously unaffiliated. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate Democrats struggle with Kyrsten Sinema reelection dilemma

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is seen in the U.S. Capitol, July 14, 2022, in Washington. Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024. Monday's announcement makes Gallego the first candidate to jump into the race in the battleground state and sets up a potential three-way contest. No Republican has currently announced a run. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP, File)

Rep. Ruben Gallego announces bid for Sinema’s Senate seat in Arizona

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this April 13, 2018, photo, Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to criticize President Donald Trump for his threatened strikes in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Latino Dem rips party for using ‘Latinx,’ says it shows poor understanding of Hispanic community

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this April 13, 2018, photo, Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to criticize President Donald Trump for his threatened strikes in Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Arizona Rep. Gallego supports Trump impeachment inquiry

By JONATHAN J. COOPER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 19, 2019, file photo, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-New York) waves to the crowd after speaking at Women's Unity Rally in Lower Manhattan in New York. Democrats including Ocasio-Cortez of New York and veteran Sen. Ed Markey of Mass. are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create jobs in renewable energy. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) **FILE**

Mark Kelly Arizona Senate bid sends liberal Democrats scrambling for AOC 2.0 alternative

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, then Rep.-elect Ruben Gallego. D-Ariz., gives his victory speech in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Ruben Gallego, Dem rep, warns ICE officers: ‘When the worm turns you will not be safe’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 4, 2014, file photo, then Rep.-elect Ruben Gallego. D-Ariz., gives his victory speech in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Ruben Gallego says he’ll work with Donald Trump ‘when his ideas aren’t stupid’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, during a news Trump was just a few weeks into his candidacy in 2015 when came to Phoenix for a speech that ended up being a bigger moment in his campaign than most people realized at the time. And now Trump is coming back to Arizona at another crucial moment in his presidency. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Democrats blast any Joe Arpaio pardon ahead of Trump Arizona trip

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - This Aug. 27, 2014 file photo shows people seen at the Last Stop outdoor shooting range in White Hills, Ariz. The girl who accidentally killed the shooting range instructor, Charles Vacca, in northern Arizona had said immediately after the shooting that she felt the gun was too much for her and had hurt her shoulder, according to police reports released Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Democrats propose HEART Act to keep semi-automatic weapons away from children

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Gallardo ends Congress run, seeks county supes job

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

Maricopa County supervisors appoint new legislator

Associated Press