‘I’m Hoping It’ll Be Mark Kelly': Voters in Arizona Weigh In on Harris, Possible Running Mates

Some voters want Sen. Kelly as Harris’s running mate and reforms to the Supreme Court, and some support a law to prevent noncitizen voting.

Then-vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to supporters in front of an Arizona state flag at an event in Phoenix on Oct. 8, 2020. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

PHOENIX–Arizona, where then-presidential candidate Joe Biden won the vote by a 0.3 percent margin in 2020, is a prime election battleground in 2024. Recent polls show former President Donald Trump beating Biden. However, Trump is now 2 percentage points behind Vice President Kamala Harris, according to the latest Morning Consult survey. Both campaigns are spending heavily in the state.

The Epoch Times spoke with a number of Arizona voters in Maricopa County—the largest in the state—as they cast their votes in the July 30 primary election. They shared their thoughts on a host of national issues, including Harris’s elevation to presumptive Democratic nominee, their preference for her running mate, and Biden’s plan to reform the Supreme Court.

The Harris Campaign and Mark Kelly

Biden withdrew from the election on July 21 amid pressure from his party and endorsed Harris’s campaign later the same day. Multiple top Democrats quickly followed, and by July 23, Harris had the endorsement of enough convention delegates to become her party’s likely nominee.