Many political observers were looking ahead to early April, because that’s when Congressman Ruben Gallego was expected to announce that he was going to enter the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate to run against Mark Kelly. But Monday afternoon, Gallego told The Arizona Republic that he would instead run for reelection to his House seat.

The Show heard from Arizona Democratic consultant Sam Richard of the Valley-based Creosote Partners. The Show also turned to Nathan Gonzales, editor and publisher of the D.C.-based Inside Elections.

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