Democrats See Opportunity in Arizona
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD Published: June 4, 2006 New York Times PHOENIX, June 2 — As they survey a political landscape that looks increasingly favorable to them, Democrats are suddenly focusing on Arizona, once-hostile territory that could prove crucial to their hopes of recapturing the Senate this year.
What once seemed a long shot to Democrats — unseating Senator Jon Kyl, the two-term incumbent Republican — has in recent weeks shifted to the realm of the possible.
His Democratic challenger, Jim Pederson, a wealthy shopping mall developer, seems to be benefiting from the national decline in support for Republicans and President Bush. Mr. Pederson is using the dominant issue here, illegal immigration, to try to make inroads among centrist and independent voters.... [more]
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