Political scientist John A. Tures claims popular sheriff Joe Arpaio cant win the election for Arizonas open seat in the U.S. Senate. He thinks the Democrats will probably take it no matter who the Republicans nominate. The red state will start turning blue.
Weve heard this before. As a long-time politically active resident of the state let me tell you: Hes wrong.
The Democrats Uphill Battle
Tures who teaches at LaGrange College in Georgia
opines in the
New York Observer on the race to replace the seat being vacated at the end of the year by GOP senator Jeff Flake. (President Trumps son-in-law Jared Kushner owns the
Observer but it mixes liberal and conservative writers.) The weekly newspaper titled the piece Even Joe Arpaio Cant Keep Arizona Republican."
Okay no.
Democrats have the uphill battle. Every couple of years the party and the national media predict that Arizona will turn partially blue and every time the results prove them wrong. Arizona is pretty red. Tures claims the state is weakening as a stronghold for Republicans." He doesnt really back this up.
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