With Republicans holding the barest
of majorities within the Arizona Legislature, nationwide Democrats are already
making main investments within the Grand Canyon State in a bid to flip the
state’s legislature blue. 

The Democratic Legislative Marketing campaign
Committee on Wednesday introduced it will spend $70,000 in Arizona to
help in candidate recruitment for key races, hiring employees, digital
investments and extra. The spending is the beginning of the DLCC’s push in
swing states the place the committee hopes to both solidify Democratic
majorities or decide up seats and win legislative management. 

The cash is a part of an preliminary
$300,000 push in swing states by the DLCC, with Arizona and Michigan
getting the lion’s share of the cash. The DLCC can also be spending cash
in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

In Arizona, Republicans have one-seat
majorities in each the 60-member state Home of Representatives and the
30-member state Senate. DLCC interim President Heather Williams advised
the Arizona Mirror that the committee is hoping to flip the Home and
Senate partially by highlighting the acute positions of Republican
lawmakers. Many proposed legislation adjustments impressed by these excessive positions
earned vetoes from Gov. Katie Hobbs earlier this 12 months. 

“The Republican majority in each
chambers is weak,” Williams mentioned, including that that is solely the
committee’s “preliminary funding,” because the group anticipates spending a lot
extra in 2024. 

Williams didn’t elaborate on which
Arizona races the group plans to focus on, however talked about that the group
goals to do one thing much like what occurred in Virginia this 12 months. 

Final month,
Virginia Democrats gained management of the Home and solidified their
management of the Senate. The DLCC hopes to reflect that in Arizona. In that
election, all 140 seats within the Virginia legislature have been up for grabs,
and Democrat wins will block Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s potential to completely enact his conservative agenda. 

The DLCC ended up spending greater than $2 million in Virginia. 

“Here’s what we learn about
Republicans, they’re legislating in a manner throughout the nation that’s
not the place their constituents are,” Williams mentioned, citing entry to abortion and well being care for girls as key. 

Republicans and Democrats are eyeing quite a lot of key state home races
for 2024 however Williams is assured that her get together will come out on prime,
including that the DLCC intends to have a dialogue with voters and to assist
individuals get registered to vote. 

“I feel we really feel actually robust with
our place as a corporation,” Williams mentioned, including that having
Hobbs, a former state lawmaker as a Democratic ally within the governorship
will supply benefits.