Watch: Attorney general candidates Kris Mayes and Warren Petersen meet in testy debate
Arizona attorney general candidates Kris Mayes and Warren Petersen engaged in a contentious debate covering topics including utility rates, immigration, and election security. The moderator threatened to cut their microphones due to the heated nature of the exchange.
The candidates for Arizona attorney general — Democratic incumbent Kris Mayes and Republican Warren Petersen — met Wednesday in a debate so contentious a moderator threatened to cut off their microphones. Petersen and Mayes addressed utility rate hikes, ICE and immigration, data centers, water, Trump lawsuits, election security and more. Watch it below:
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