The Arizona legislative debate for the 7th District was streamed through a Zoom call live on Youtube for its state senator and representative seats.
Haley Creighton, who is running for state Senate, was present, but her opponent, Wendy Rogers, was not. Rogers is the current state senator and was invited to the debate, but declined the request to participate.
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