Two key races in Arizona have moved more to the left in the wake of the Arizona Supreme Court ruling that a strict 1864 abortion ban is enforceable in the state.
The race between Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and former television news anchor Republican Kari Lake is now labeled “lean Democratic” when it was previously a “toss-up,” according to the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics ranking. They are looking to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), who won her seat in 2018 as a Democrat and is not seeking reelection.
“In Arizona’s open-seat Senate race, we now see the Democrats as a narrow favorite, so we’re pushing that race from Toss-up to Leans Democratic,” Sabato’s Crystal Ball Managing Editor Kyle Kondik wrote. “And we also view the swing district AZ-6,
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