Newcomer hopes for upset in race for Arizona’s US House seat
Still, many observers in
At a polling place in the
"I voted for Lesko, and I don't know why," Bettis said. "I guess it's better the enemy you know than the one you don't know."
"I think
Lesko and Tipirneni are competing in a special election to replace former Rep.
Lesko represented parts of the district in the state Legislature since 2009 and has an extremely strong base of support in a district Franks had locked up since 2003.
She's opposed to Tipirneni's push to expand government-run health care, backs the president's tax cuts and is pushing his border wall proposal.
"I support securing the border, and part of that is paying for and putting up a border wall where it makes sense," Lesko said. She said her opponent "is on record of opposing any money going toward the border wall. This is not what our constituents want."
Tipirneni is pushing a plan that would allow people under retirement age to opt-in to Medicare coverage to provide new competition in health care markets, and opposes a wall while boosting enforcement through technology and drones and adding
"To me a wall is not an answer, and quite frankly a lot of people have chimed in on a bi-partisan basis that a wall is not the answer," she said.
Tipirneni is seen as a fresh Democratic face with relatively moderate views that could get support during an optimistic year for her party. "I think there are a lot of recent elections to suggest that conventional wisdom doesn't necessarily apply," she said. "There's a lot of enthusiasm in our base."
The numbers strongly favor Lesko — in the
National Republican groups are spending big to back Lesko. House Majority Leader
"Not only do I want to win, but I want to win by a lot so the
National Democratic groups haven't committed money to ads in the race, but in recent weeks, some progressive groups have been spending to back Tipirneni, and she has been running non-stop TV ads in recent days.
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