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Event Published July 10, 2020

The Arizona Opportunity: A Purple State Trending Blue

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July 10, 2020

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

With polls showing a presidential tossup and a Senate race trending blue, Arizona has emerged as one of the most hotly contested battlegrounds of the new electoral map. On top of that, a hasty reopening, an ill-advised campaign rally, and a surge in coronavirus cases have thrown the state even further into the spotlight. So what can we expect from the elections this year in this formerly red, now purple state?

Third Way’s Lanae Erickson hosted a conversation with two experts in Arizona politics, Congressman Ruben Gallego (AZ-7) and Joshua Ulibarri, Partner at Lake Research Strategies, to discuss how COVID-19 is affecting AZ, the state’s response to the pandemic, and what the current upheaval could mean for November.