With the Supreme Court upholding Arizona’s congressional map, we wanted to flag this tweet from the National Journal’s Josh Kraushaar:
[tweet src="https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/615527711004618752"]
Additionally, despite reports that Ann Kirkpatrick is the “top recruit” of the DSCC, we wanted to flag this story from the Arizona Republic, which highlights their refusal to endorse her.
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC: “While Kirkpatrick has been securing plenty of Democratic support in Arizona, national Republicans have been needling the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for not formally endorsing her. The speculation is that the DSCC is holding off to see if Sinema gets in the race. ‘Given that national Democrats endorsed (Senate candidate) Richard Carmona in 2012, it speaks volumes that they haven’t treated Ann Kirkpatrick in the same manner,’ said Jahan Wilcox, a National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman. ‘The DSCC’s refusal to endorse Kirkpatrick is proof that they don’t believe the she can mount a credible challenge to Arizona’s John McCain.’”
(Dan Nowicki, Kirkpatrick Racking Up Democratic Endorsements, The Arizona Republic, 06/27/15)