Arizona among key races in midterm elections

Well, the fight for control of the U.S. House of Representatives is on and just a handful of races could decide who holds the majority in January. Now our Amalia Roy joins us live from Casa Grande, Arizona. And Amalia, this is really a key district that Democrats are targeting as they try to retake the House. Tell us about it. Good evening, Tim. Simone, this is one of two battleground districts here in Arizona that Democrats are looking at that could have, as you said, big effects for the House this fall. Now Casa Grande is on the edge of Arizona's sixth congressional district. It goes down towards Tucson and then east towards New Mexico. Right now it is held by a Republican, Juan Siscamani, who is trying to keep his seat this fall and has help from some major GOP players. This includes Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, House Speaker Mike Johnson, who were here this week speaking with factory workers in Casa Grande about reported benefits from Republican tax cuts. And during that event, I caught up with the speaker about the plans to keep these seats come November. Cost of living on affordability for every American. We are the ones that have the proven agenda, the proven record of doing that. I think at the end of the day, that's what the American people are going to reward. So we're very bullish. We believe we're going to win it. And I think this district in Arizona is going to be a bellwether for that. Fox News Power Rankings projects 211 House seats will likely go to the Democrats and 208 will go Republican, leaving 16 toss ups. And right now, Fox has this GOP district, the Arizona 6th, favoring Democrats, making Siscamani vulnerable, yet confident against his opponent, retired Marine Joanna Mendoza. The end of the day, what makes us believe that we're going to win in November is the results that we've been able to do. The American people will reward that, and we're not going to be able to see that again this time. People really, I think, have gotten away from each party, Republican, Democrat, because of a lot of the infighting and a lot of the lack of focus on the issues that matter to people. And right now, that is being able to put food on the table and pay for rent, which we know that Juan Siscamani has supported bills that do not do that, that are making it really hard for people to get by. And so for us, it's just getting out and sharing my priorities, my values. I spoke with one ASU political expert who says Arizona is an independent heavy voter state, especially this district. People are not necessarily voting based on party affiliation. It's all going to really come down to economic policies. In Casa Grande, Arizona, Amalia Roy, Fox 9. So Amalia, you talked about two Arizona contests there. What are some of the other big house races that we should be keeping an eye on? Yes, I actually pulled up a few of the actual toss-ups because before, with the battleground states here, they are leaning Democrat in these districts. But they're still considered battles. The Arizona 6th District and 1st District are considered battlegrounds. But true toss-ups, according to Fox Power rankings, are in California, Wisconsin, a few in Virginia, North Carolina. We know that some of these states have also redistricted over the past year or so. And so political experts are looking at how this will go when you're weighing the redistricting that happens, also with the fact that there is a Republican in the White House. And when that happens, the party in power in the White House typically sees less ideal results in the midterm elections. Yeah, we've got a big one here too in Minnesota in CD2, just south of the Twin Cities. All right, Amalia Roy coming to us from Casa Grande in Arizona.