Political analysts across the country will watch closely as Arizona primary election numbers begin to trickle in after polls close on Aug. 2.
They’ll be especially interested to see which of the five Republican candidates for U.S. Senate emerges with the most votes.
The winner will advance to challenge the incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat elected in a special election in 2020. Kelly doesn’t have a Democratic opponent so he automatically moves forward to face the winner of the Republican contest on Nov. 8.
As of July, the country’s go-to predictors of political races said it would be impossible to guess who might win the fall matchup in Arizona, calling it a solid toss-up….