‘Democracy runs through Arizona’: candidate for attorney general says fate of the nation is at stake

Kris Mayes, a former Republican, says protecting democracy, the heating planet and abortion rights are urgent priorities

The future of American democracy could be determined by a handful of attorneys general, who will also play a crucial role in shielding women and doctors from draconian abortion bans, according to the Democratic candidate for that office in Arizona.

Kris Mayes, 51, who switched parties in 2019 due to the expansion of Trumpism in the Republican party, is urging voters to take the attorney general and other down-ballot races like secretary of state seriously in the November midterms, or else risk losing US democracy altogether.