Trump wins Arizona in 2024 presidential election, completing a swing-state sweep
PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump has won Arizona — scoring a comeback in the Grand Canyon State after losing it to President Biden in 2020 and completing a 2024 swing-state sweep.The Republican leads Vice President Kamala Harris 52.1% to 47%, with 67% of votes counted, the Associated Press reports.Trump’s victory in Arizona, with its 11 electoral votes, follows that in neighboring Nevada, where he picked up 6 — a feat no Republican has completed in 20 years.Both candidates made their final trips to the southwestern swing state on Halloween, haunting Arizonans with their contrasting visions of how scary America could get if their opponent won.
Trump teed up voters at Glendale’s Desert Diamond arena with promises of “a very large deportation,” and reminisced on his time in office.“We defeated ISIS, we had no wars.We had the best economy in the history of our country,” he told the crowd Thursday.
Meanwhile, Harris promised progress to a Phoenix crowd, and urged voters to help her “turn the page on Donald Trump.” “I tell you I am not looking to score political points.I am looking to make progress… Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy,” the veep said Thursday.
Throughout campaign season, though, the border was a mainstay for the candidates’ stump speeches in the Grand Canyon state, which has been afflicted with hundreds of thousands of migrant encounters in recent years, and battles becoming a conduit for trafficking fentanyl and other drugs over the border.On the stump in Arizona, Trump promised mass deportations while Harris’ talking points honed in on a congressional border bill that was shot down several months ago.
Both Trump and Harris made visits to the southern border, including Harris’ notable visit to Douglas, Arizona, on Sept.27 following scrutiny for her role in the Biden administration’s border policies.
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