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GOP eyes Arizona US House seats in bid to flip control

CORRECTS DATE TO AUG. 19, 2022, INSTEAD OF OCT. 18, 2022 - Juan Ciscomani, Republican U.S. House candidate, 6th District, speaks at the RNC Hispanic Community Center, in Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2022. Arizona's only open congressional seat has featured some buzzwords spoken by candidates on both sides: extreme and the American dream. Ciscomani says he's living the American dream as someone who became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Democrat Kirsten Engel says she's trying to renew the American dream by fighting against a pre-statehood ban on abortion in Arizona. (Rick Wiley/Arizona Daily Star via AP) Arizona Republican U.S. House candidate Kelly Cooper speaks at a rally, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Chandler, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) Arizona Democratic U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton appears at an event, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Phoenix. The incumbent Stanton faces Republican challenger Kelly Cooper in the upcoming 2022 general election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) FILE - Eli Crane, a Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District in Arizona, is introduced by former President Donald Trump as Trump speaks at a "Save America" rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. The vast 2nd Congressional District in Arizona will be a key factor in determining which political party has the majority in the state's delegation. Former Navy SEAL Eli Crane emerged from a crowded field of Republicans in the primary to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O'Halleran in the Nov. 8 general election. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Rep. Tom O'Halleran, D-Ariz., speaks with reporters about the Violent Incident Clearance and Technological Investigative Methods (VICTIM) Act, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Washington. The vast 2nd Congressional District in Arizona will be a key factor in determining which political party has the majority in the state's delegation. The district hasn't been solidly Democrat or Republican in years past.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE - U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., shown at Chase Field in Phoenix in this Jan. 7, 2022 file photo, greets people at an Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry event. Schweikert is seeking his seventh term in Congress and faces Democrat Jevin Hodge in November's election. (AP Photo/Bob Christie) Democratic Congressional candidate Jevin Hodge stands for a photo, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Hodge is trying t unseat U.S. Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz. in November. (AP Photo/Matt York)