Katie Hobbs is in deep trouble.
The Arizona secretary of state was supposed to be a shoo-in when she won the Democratic nomination for governor. After all, her Republican opponent is Kari Lake, a TV personality the mainstream media is overjoyed to smear as an “extremist” and “election denier” at every possible opportunity.
Unfortunately, Lake has managed to run a vigorous campaign in which issues that don’t involve Donald Trump have been foregrounded; she’s come across as both engaging and likable. Hobbs, who has been unable to find a foothold issue besides “I’m not the other candidate” — yet refused to debate the other candidate — is also handicapped by having the personality of a two-by-four with an NPR tote bag wrapped around it, not an asset in any state but especially not in Arizona. After leading in the RealClearPolitics polling average until early September, Hobbs now trails Lake by 3.2 points — including an 11-point shellacking in a recent InsiderAdvantage/KSAZ-TV poll.
Things are looking pretty grim, in other words. Have no fear, though, for the Democrats are calling in the big guns in the homestretch of the campaign. To persuade the undecided Arizonan to vote Democrat on Nov. 8, they’ve pulled the ultimate October surprise: an ad from GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
You can, uh, tell why Katie Hobbs is in deep trouble.
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