Republican US Senate candidate Blake Masters has repeatedly said that he would support shutting down the government and blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security in order to get his way on immigration policy.
Abortions in Arizona will continue until at least mid-November, although still limited in scope due to a ban on the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy, passed by the Republican-led state Legislature.
Fortunes 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.
Masters previously supported a nationwide abortion ban, said he thought Roe v. Wade was a “horrible decision,” that allowing women the freedom to make their own reproductive health decisions was equivalent to “genocide.” Now, he claims he wants a ban on fewer than 1% of abortions.
Abortion rights and democracy will be on the ballot this November, after Republican voters nominated a slate of anti-abortion, election-denying conspiracy theorists as their candidates.
As a senator, Kelly has delivered tens of billions of dollars to Arizona, helped enact the most significant federal gun safety law in decades, and secured funding for Arizona’s water infrastructure.