2020 AZ Senate Megathread: Kelly's Race to Lose

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Wasn’t former Sen. Kyl appointed for this seat ? What happened ?

Kyl was never planning on holding the seat until the special.

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I think there's a whole lot of unreasonable chicken-counting going on in this thread. We don't have much of any evidence of what Woods' political positions will be (although yes, he probably won't be the most progressive), and we most certainly don't know how much his positions will improve his general election chances. While Sinema's persona probably helped her some, suburbs across the country revolted against Republicans not because Democrats ran moderates, but because the President is an idiot and an embarrassment to their sensibilities. There are probably some cases where running moderates is helpful, but if anyone has learned anything at this point it should be that voters are mostly non-ideological. Ideology mostly follows partisan identity, not the other way around.

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Sheesh, I didnt like Woods before, now Im starting to despise him.

Yeah that's pretty terrible. Don't know if you win a D primary with that.

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I'd prefer Gallego, but he should be a strong candidate in the general. More than capable of taking down McSally.