Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday he’s confident Vice President Harris is going to win his state of Arizona and the race overall.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Dana Bash pressed the battleground-state senator on why he thinks Harris is roughly tied with former President Trump in support among Latinos, given that President Biden won the demographic in his state by a 24-point margin four years ago.
Kelly acknowledged other tight races in Arizona in 2020 and 2022 and said the “polls in Arizona, they can bounce around a little bit.”
He made the case, however, that Harris is best suited to represent his constituents, and that Arizona Latinos are “going to benefit significantly from a Kamala Harris presidency.”
“Harris and Walz are committed to their values. These are often middle-class and working-class folks. You know, they’re not monolithic on issues, but Kamala Harris cares about them and cares about their families,” Kelly said, referring to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Harris’s running mate.
Kelly said he hopes that message resonates more in the next month ahead of Election Day.
“When you consider the way Donald Trump talks about immigrants and talks about people of color, my hope is that, over the next 30 days, that starts to resonate with folks more in the state of Arizona, and she can win the state.”
“I’m confident that she’s going to win Arizona,” Kelly continued. “She’s going to be elected the next president of the United States. Obviously, in the next 30 days, we have some work to do.”
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
The Decision Desk HQ/The Hill polling average in Arizona shows Trump less than 1 point ahead of Harris, with 48.7 percent support to her 47.9 percent. Nationally, Harris leads in the polling average by 3.4 points.