"For the kids sleeping on the floor, dreaming about a better, better America and a better, better future, this victory is for you," he said during a press conference late Monday night, the New York Times reports.
Gallego's win is not just personal; it's historic. Raised in a working-class Latine family by a single immigrant mother, Gallego's story seemed to resonate in the state, where Latinos make up nearly a third of the population.
Gallego ran a campaign that celebrated his working-class background and military service. This race went beyond policy-it became a referendum on Arizona's future, contrasting Gallego's pragmatic progressivism with Lake's divisive far-right rhetoric.
Lake's ardent loyalty to Trump and her hardline stance on abortion ultimately alienated the voters she needed to win, marking a shift away from far-right extremism in Arizona.
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