Starkly different visions for Arizona dominate campaign's closing days

In the frenzied closing days of the midterm campaign, Republican and Democratic candidates in Arizona are offering voters drastically different visions for the state and the country, with conservative contenders pushing a return to Trumpism and their opponents calling for "sanity."

"We know that democracy is at stake," said Katie Hobbs, Arizona's Democratic secretary of state, who is running against Trump-endorsed Kari Lake for governor.

Arizona is among the most closely watched battleground states going into Election Day. Hobbs, who was a social worker before she sought public office, was the target of death threats and protests outside her home after then-President Donald Trump lost the state in 2020. She says she expects to be targeted again this year if any of Arizona's Republican candidates lose or if the races are too close to call.

Speaking to supporters Sunday at a campaign rally in Tucson, in historically blue Pima County, Hobbs repeated a familiar refrain about the midterms: It is a choice between "sanity and chaos."

"Democracy is going to send Kari Lake back to whatever dark corner of the internet she came from," Hobbs said to thunderous applause.