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With one week until Election Day, Gallego meets with voters in Yuma, San Luis

U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is running for the U.S. Senate, speaks to voters at The Best Taquito in Yuma on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. On the left are Emilia Cortez, who is running for Yuma County Recorder, and Alma Ornelas, the restaurant's owner.
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U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, who is running for the U.S. Senate, speaks to voters at The Best Taquito in Yuma on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. On the left are Emilia Cortez, who is running for Yuma County Recorder, and Alma Ornelas, the restaurant's owner.

With one week until Election Day, Democratic U.S. Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego met with voters in Yuma and San Luis, Ariz. where he told them his opponent Kari Lake is too extreme for Arizona.

Congressman Gallego met with residents and elected officials at the Cesar Chavez Cultural Center in San Luis before heading up to Yuma where he met with supporters at locally-owned businesses Cafecito, The Best Taquito and Mr. G's.

"We're seeing excitement... I'm talking with people about water, ag, border security, immigration, education and more," Gallego told KAWC. "We're going to keep working hard for the Yuma vote."

Gallego's visit came one week after Lake visited the border in Yuma County. There she told reporters she "will secure the border and end illegal immigration" that she blames on Gallego and fellow Democrats. She also accused Gallego of having "family ties to the cartels."

"It's an insult to all Latinos," Gallego said. "My father abandoned my family... she's basically saying if someone in your family is bad, you're bad."

Gallego said when Democrats worked across the aisle with Republicans to create a bipartisan border bill, Lake "rejected it outright" and was against Shelter and Services Program funding. He said the bill would have hired more Border Patrol agents, among other additions.

"(Kari Lake) has no concept of the border," Gallego said. "She's been to Mar-a-Lago (Trump's Florida residence) than she's been to our border communities."

"She just wants a border issue without border solutions," he said.

Gallego said Lake continues to deny that she lost the 2022 governor's race to Katie Hobbs.

"Someone like that can't be trusted to be a Senator for Arizona," he said.

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Stay tuned to KAWC to hear from U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego during his visit to Yuma.

U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego poses for a selfie with San Luis, Ariz. residents and fellow candidates, including San Luis Councilman Matias Rosales, lower left, who is running for the Arizona House in LD23, and Lizeth Servin, right, who is running for the San Luis City Council and the Yuma Union High School District governing board. Supporters are holding posters of Lotería cards with "El Senador Gallego" (Senator Gallego) on them.
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U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego poses for a selfie with San Luis, Ariz. residents and fellow candidates, including San Luis Councilman Matias Rosales, lower left, who is running for the Arizona House in LD23, and Lizeth Servin, right, who is running for the San Luis City Council and the Yuma Union High School District governing board. Supporters are holding posters of Lotería cards with "El Senador Gallego" (Senator Gallego) on them.

Victor is originally from West Sacramento, California and has lived in Arizona for more than five years. He began his print journalism career in 2004 following his graduation from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Victor has been a reporter for the following daily newspapers: The Monterey County Herald, The Salinas Californian and the Reno Gazette-Journal, where he covered stories including agriculture, education and Latino community news. Victor has also served as a local editor for Patch, a national news organization with hyperlocal websites, in Carmichael, California in the Sacramento area. He also served as the editor for The New Vision, the newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson, which includes Yuma and La Paz counties. Victor lives in Somerton. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends and following most sports.
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