PEORIA, Arizona — Phoenix-area Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) began a town hall last week with a quick warning to the crowd of about 150 attendees gathered inside the Rio Vista Recreation Center.
“If you see me quickly answer my phone or run out, there’s only one tone right now that will ring, and that’s my wife,” Gallego said to laughs, explaining that his wife, Sydney, is expected to go into labor any day now with their first child. “That is the only reason why you will ever see me run out. I’m not like politicians who run away from constituents.
The event, put together by Democrats in the area, drew a mostly friendly crowd of voters who had already decided to support Gallego’s candidacy. The Democratic Senate candidate did not face any heckling that many have experienced in battleground states in the past. Many of the attendees expressed their disappointment with Sinema in her first term.
The Arizona Democratic Party voted to censure Sinema in January 2022 over her opposition to changing the filibuster. By opposing the change, Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin prevented Senate Democrats from advancing major voting rights legislation. Voters like Kubak said Democrats in the state will not forget that.Gallego, a Marine combat veteran who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, believes his military background will resonate with voters.
During the town hall, Gallego took several swipes at the first-term senator over her ties to corporate interests, pointing to reports that Sinema joined a group of House Democratic centrists and forced a compromise on a more narrow provision of the Inflation Reduction Act. The version of the law that was ultimately passed allows Medicare to negotiate the cost of 10 drugs in 2026, such as lowering the maximum cost of insulin co-pays from a proposed $50 monthly to the $35 limit now.
John LaBombard, a former Sinema aide, said it’s difficult for him to envision an “unapologetic progressive firebrand” winning statewide in Arizona.
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