【中选战场州·州长篇】亚利桑那州的 Hobbs 和 Lake 差距仅有0.1个百分点

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亚利桑那州的州长竞选，在两位女士之间展开

民主党的Hobbs 与共和党的Lake 差距仅有0.1个百分点

The gubernatorial race between Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and former broadcast journalist Kari Lake exemplifies how two completely opposite candidates can achieve near-equal levels of popularity in the same state.

Sec. Hobbs, the Democratic nominee, elevated her career when she went on television following the 2020 presidential election to defend the legitimacy of Arizona's results, which were baselessly called fraudulent by Donald Trump and his allies. On the other hand, Lake rallied a far-right army of supporters for pushing Trump's election lies, even when the Republican governor of Arizona said they were false. Before the primary election this year, Lake pulled a page out of Trump's book and asserted that if she didn't win the Republican nomination, it would mean the vote was rigged.

Lake has become the anti-hero of the campaign, spearheading culture wars and cosigning the stances that she knows will rile up far-right voters. Hobbs is more reserved, preaching an optimistic message of unity and growth and supporting the ever-popular charge to preserve reproductive rights, though one moment from her political past — when a Black state Senate staffer was wrongfully fired while she was the Senate minority leader — has kept some left-leaning voters from throwing their support behind her.

Hobbs has consistently stayed above Lake in the polls, but averaging well within the margin of error, neither side knows quite what to expect on election night.

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