Juan Ciscomani projected to win Arizona Congressional District 6 race

(NewsNation) — With 49.3% of the vote, NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ has called the contention for Arizona’s District 6 spot successful the U.S. House of Representatives successful favour of Juan Ciscomani. See the results of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate races astir the federation here.

Incumbent Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani sought a 2nd word aft being elected successful 2022 arsenic the archetypal naturalized American national from Mexico ever to beryllium elected to Congress from Arizona. Since being elected, Ciscomani has served connected the House Appropriations Committee and has focused connected fiscal responsibility. 

He was challenged by Democrat Kirsten Engel, who ran unopposed successful the Democratic primary. Engel mislaid the 2022 U.S. House contention to Ciscomani by little than 5,300 votes. 

She antecedently served successful the Arizona authorities legislature earlier resigning successful 2021 to question predetermination to the U.S. House. Engel is besides a prof astatine the University of Arizona’s School of Law.

During the pb to Tuesday’s election, Ciscomani and Engel clashed connected respective issues, including abortion, which was among the ballot initiatives facing voters successful Arizona. 

Engel supports a woman’s close to marque decisions astir her reproductive wellness and said that determination should beryllium nary “artificial clip limits” erstwhile it comes to ending a pregnancy. Arizona’s instrumentality bans termination aft 15 weeks.

Ciscomani said that helium supported the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade and agreed with erstwhile President Donald Trump that termination should beryllium an contented decided astatine the authorities level. 

He said that helium rejects the thought of a national termination prohibition and that helium trusts women, cherishes beingness and rejects “the extremes” erstwhile it comes to abortion.

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During debates, Ciscomani besides chided Engel for not surviving wrong District 6, which includes astir of suburban Tucson, each of Greenlee County and astir of Cochise County.

During his archetypal term, Ciscomani focused mostly connected migration and borderline information and supported gathering a borderline wall.

Heading into Tuesday’s election, each 435 seats successful the House of Representatives were up for election. Republicans power the enclosure with a constrictive bulk of 220 seats, portion the Democrats inhabit 212 with 3 vacancies.