[McGavin999]

LOL, I remember once McCain bragging that he won by 70%, what he didn't say was that he was running unopposed.

This used to be a solid republican state.

[DoughtyOne]

That is funny. Back in the Goldwater years, you folks probably slaughtered the opposition. This seems to bear that out.

[MARTIAL MONK]

LOL, I remember once McCain bragging that he won by 70%, what he didn't say was that he was running unopposed.

McCain's margins have always been substantial, 60, 56, 69, 76. Starkey was a weak candidate but McCain was not unopposed. Pederson decided to go after the weaker Kyl.

This used to be a solid republican state.

Not since territorial days. Remember Carl Hayden (D) was Senator from 1927 to 1969. Republicans and Democrats have been about evenly divided in the Senate and Governorship since WWII. You are remembering things that never were.