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    Trump and Harris at an impasse

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    An unprecedented and unpredictable White House race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes to a close Tuesday, as Arizona voters must choose between two remarkably different visions for the nation.

    Arizona is at the center of the action, a battleground state with 11 electoral votes that will play a significant role in determining which candidate wins the White House.

    Polls are open in Arizona from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Many Arizonans have already voted, using mail-in ballots and drop boxes to make their choices.

    Locally, the Arizona Democratic Party is hosting an election night event in Phoenix. The state GOP opted not to hold a party this year.

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    The dramatic battle for the presidency has been marked by chaos and a series of unexpected events.

    There are few times in history when a former president lost and ran for the White House again, or when a president stepped aside in the middle of his re-election campaign. Additionally, presidential candidates running with a felony conviction are rare in U.S. history.

    The race is a stalemate in Arizona, according to the latest public pools. Trump narrowly leads Harris, but the numbers are so close that either candidate has a real chance of winning the Grand Canyon State.

    Voter frustrations with the economy and immigration are fueling Trump’s slight advantage among Arizona voters. The former president struck a confident tone at recent rallies in Arizona, even musing on stage in Prescott Valley that he should instead visit the all-important swing state of Pennsylvania.

    “We’re going to win Arizona,” Trump said at an October rally in Tempe, noting that he was pleased with the early voting results. “We will defeat Kamala Harris.”

    Harris isn’t far behind, however. She is strongest on issues of democracy and reproductive rights, and her campaign is banking on a massive field operation to put her over the top in a state where Democrats have made major gains during the Trump era.

    “It will be a very close race until the very end. And we are the underdogs,” Harris said at a rally in Phoenix last month.

    The battle for the White House was shaping up to be a rematch between Trump and President Joe Biden in 2020, but it changed dramatically in late June when Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump sent Democrats into panic. The president was ousted by his own party within weeks. He gave up his re-election bid in July, well after the primary election ended.

    That same month, Trump was nearly killed on live television when a gunman opened fire at the former president’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania. A bullet struck his ear, leaving Trump bloodied but unharmed as Secret Service agents rushed him from the stage. He would be the target of another failed assassination attempt in September.

    Harris took Biden’s place just weeks before the Democratic National Convention, fending off high-profile members of her party with their own presidential ambitions and the possibility of an open convention. Harris had just three months to mount a presidential campaign in her new role as candidate. She inherited Biden’s campaign operations across the country, including in Arizona, which had been setting the stage for the general election since February.

    This story will be updated as election results are announced.

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