Grace Panetta

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A competitive race for governor is shaping up in Arizona.

Once a reliably Republican stronghold, Arizona has emerged as a critical battleground state in the Trump era.

In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly flipped the state to the Democratic column by 10,000 votes. In the 2022 midterms, Democrats won competitive races for U.S. Senate, governor and attorney general, making Arizona a rare state with a slate of Democratic statewide elected officials and a Republican-controlled state legislature. In 2024, Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego won his seat as President Donald Trump carried the state in the presidential election by over five points.

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Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs

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