{"id":2266512,"date":"2024-06-12T22:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T02:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-border-mayor-endorses-ruben-gallego-for-senate\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T22:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T02:11:32","slug":"arizona-border-mayor-endorses-ruben-gallego-for-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-border-mayor-endorses-ruben-gallego-for-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona border mayor backs Ruben Gallego for Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farizona-border-mayor-endorses-ruben-gallego-for-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2266512&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200dmayor of San Luis, Arizona, Nieves Riedel, has officially endorsed Representative \u200dRuben Gallego for the U.S. \u200bSenate. Riedel highlighted Gallego&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-trip-to-vietnam-delayed-by-anomalous-health-incident-in-hanoi\/\" title=\"Harris Trip To Vietnam Delayed By \u2018Anomalous Health Incident\u2019 In Hanoi\">deep commitment<\/a> to the San Luis community,\u200c his understanding of their specific challenges due \u200bto rising migration \u2063levels, \u200band his proactive\u200d approach in politics. Emphasizing that Gallego\u2019s \u200bvision aligns\u200b with the values \u2062of San Luis, Riedel expressed confidence in his\u2064 potential to lead positive changes not only for her community but \u2063for the\u2063 whole state of Arizona. \u200cShe noted this\u2063 endorsement follows a\u2062 similar \u2062one from Santa Cruz County \u2064Sheriff David \u2064Hathaway, marking a growing support for\u2063 Gallego among local leaders in border\u200b areas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> mayor in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-panic-as-republicans-celebrate-mayoral-win-in-town-that-is-85-latino-were-in-big-trouble\/\" title=\"Democrats Panic As Republicans Celebrate Mayoral Win In Town That Is 85% Latino: \u2018We\u2019re In Big Trouble\u2019\">major border town<\/a> is endorsing Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ruben-gallego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ruben Gallego<\/a> (D-AZ) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"immigration\">immigration<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"immigration\">border security<\/a> are at the forefront of both local and national politics.<\/p>\n<p>San Luis Mayor Nieves Riedel announced her endorsement of Gallego\u2019s bid for Senate on Wednesday. San Luis, a small border town near Yuma, has seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-keeps-trump-refugee-cap\/\" title=\"Biden Keeps Trump Refugee Cap\">rising levels<\/a> of migration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRuben Gallego consistently demonstrates a deep commitment to the needs of the San Luis community, understands the unique challenges we face, and illustrates a willingness to work with anyone to get the job done,\u201d Riedel said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis vision for a better Arizona aligns with the values we hold here in San Luis. I am proud to endorse Ruben Gallego for the U.S. Senate and am confident that his leadership will bring positive and practical change not only to our community, but to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-huge-trump-team-has-dominion-machine-from-small-georgia-county-shows-votes-flipped-from-trump-to-biden\/\" title=\"BREAKING HUGE: Trump Team Has Dominion Machine from Small Georgia County - Shows Votes Flipped from Trump to Biden\">entire state<\/a>,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Riedel, a Democrat who immigrated to the United States from Mexico, was elected in August 2022 for a second term. The city has a sizable majority-Latino\u00a0population, and Yuma County, where\u00a0San Luis is located, <a href=\"https:\/\/results.enr.clarityelections.com\/AZ\/Yuma\/106207\/web.264614\/#\/summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted for<\/a> former President Donald Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Riedel\u2019s endorsement comes after Santa Cruz County Sheriff <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzsheriff.org\/about-us\/meet-the-sheriff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>David Hathaway<\/a>, a Democrat who represents a dark blue county in the battleground state,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2919023\/arizona-border-sheriff-endorses-ruben-gallego-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> endorsed<\/a> the Arizona congressman earlier this spring. The sheriff oversees a county that includes Nogales, a critical point of entry with Mexico. Santa Cruz County is considered a Democratic stronghold in the Grand Canyon State and voted overwhelmingly for President Joe Biden in 2020 and Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to have Mayor Riedel\u2019s endorsement in this race,\u201d Gallego said. \u201cShe has been a true partner in the work to support Arizona\u2019s border communities, invest in our local economies, and break down the barriers to homeownership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even as Gallego appears to be making waves with border region officials, immigration politics has been a major weakness for Biden. The administration just recently unveiled an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3031941\/border-agents-told-release-migrants-us-biden-asylum-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> executive order<\/a> to limit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/asylum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>asylum-seekers<\/a>, one of the most urgent political problems in his reelection push. The move comes weeks ahead of Biden\u2019s first debate with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Gallego has held a consistent lead over the leading Republican Senate candidate, Kari Lake, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2024\/arizona\/lake-vs-gallego\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>recent<\/a> polling. The <em>Cook Political Report<\/em>, a nonpartisan election forecaster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3007937\/democrats-get-leg-up-battleground-arizona-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>changed<\/a> its prediction from \u201ctoss-up\u201d to \u201clean Democrat\u201d recently, handing Democrats welcome news in the hotly contested race in the Grand Canyon State. The two are running for a seat being vacated by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), an independent who caucuses with Democrats.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Luis Mayor Nieves Riedel, from the small Arizona border town, has endorsed Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) for Senate amid heightened immigration and border security concerns. Riedel announced her support for Gallego&#8217;s Senate campaign on Wednesday, emphasizing the critical issues at stake both locally and nationally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2266513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24123038348282-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2266512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24123038348282-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2266512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2266512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2266513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2266512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2266512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2266512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}