Mitt Romney to join Martha McSally at Senate campaign rally in Phoenix area
Oct 11, 2018, 4:14 AM | Updated: 11:13 am
(AP Photos)
(AP Photos)
PHOENIX — Republican hopeful Martha McSally has enlisted the aid of fellow U.S. Senate candidate — and former aspirant to the presidency — Mitt Romney for a campaign event this week in Gilbert.
The rally to get out the vote was to be held Friday at the Falls Event Center at Baseline and Greenfield roads from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The event is free but requires registration.
Romney campaigned with McSally in 2014, when she ran for re-election for the U.S. House seat she currently holds.
He also came to the Valley in 2016 to campaign for Sen. John McCain’s re-election.
Romney won the Republican nomination for president in 2012 but lost to incumbent Barack Obama.
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He is the GOP candidate in Utah to succeed Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is retiring after 42 years in office.
McSally has been in a heated contest with Democratic U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, who announced a year ago he would not seek re-election.
McSally has been building up steam in the polls. A survey released Wednesday by ABC15/OH Predictive Insights put the former fighter pilot in front of Sinema 47 percent to 41 percent. A month ago, the same polling firm had McSally leading 49 percent to 46 percent.
McSally and Sinema have agreed to a debate next week in Phoenix.
