(The Center Square) - Voters in Arizona will head to the polls Tuesday to make decisions in consequential congressional primaries that could determine the balance of power in Congress in November.
Candidates in Arizona’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd congressional districts have focused their campaigns on housing costs, healthcare affordability and immigration enforcement.
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