While Arizona has traditionally been a [[red state]] favoring [[Republicans]] by handy margins, it has since 2016 become a [[swing state]] due to demographic changes resulting out of illegal immigration (given Arizona being a state bordering [[Mexico]]) in addition to carpetbagging by [[liberals]] from states such as [[California]] and [[New York]] who may tend to move into inner cities such as [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Tucson]]. The Democrat establishment has heavily backed Kelly, with him having consistently out-raised McSally as [[leftists]] are desperate to flip the Senate in the Democrats' favor.<ref>[https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/mark-kelly-continues-to-outraise-senator-mcsally Mark Kelly continues to outraise Senator McSally]</ref> | While Arizona has traditionally been a [[red state]] favoring [[Republicans]] by handy margins, it has since 2016 become a [[swing state]] due to demographic changes resulting out of illegal immigration (given Arizona being a state bordering [[Mexico]]) in addition to carpetbagging by [[liberals]] from states such as [[California]] and [[New York]] who may tend to move into inner cities such as [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] and [[Tucson]]. The Democrat establishment has heavily backed Kelly, with him having consistently out-raised McSally as [[leftists]] are desperate to flip the Senate in the Democrats' favor.<ref>[https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/mark-kelly-continues-to-outraise-senator-mcsally Mark Kelly continues to outraise Senator McSally]</ref> |