TIL Democrats have adopted the controversial strategy of bullet voting in the Arizona state House this year: azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Each AZ House district elects two representatives, but each person only gets one vote. So a party can greatly increase its odds of winning one seat if it nominates just one candidate (bc no vote-splitting)—but of course, you give up your shot at winning two.
That's exactly what Democrats have done in 4 of the 5 competitive Arizona House districts this year. That should easily get them to 28 seats in the 60-seat chamber. Then, if both their candidates win in the 5th seat—quite possible, as it was Biden+6—they can force a tied chamber.
But that's basically all Dems can do. By not running a 2nd candidate in the other 4 districts, they blocked their most realistic paths to a House *majority*. So it's a really bold strategy! High floor, low ceiling. Will be curious to see if it works.
If Hobbs wins #AZgov and Dems score an upset in the state Senate, they will regret not playing for a majority in the House. But if Lake wins, they could still force a tie in the House, which would break the GOP trifecta. Huge.
Correction: apparently I have misunderstood Arizona's system for years!
https://twitter.com/A_R_Stumpf/status/1581060946465763329?s=20&t=quCeOpN8TuaCUYIpGiGbcw
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