 On the US' southern border Democrat Mark Kelly is facing off with Republican Blake Masters for a seat in the Senate. In 2020 Biden became the only Democrat apart from Bill Clinton to win the state in more than 70 years so everything is to play for. Masters, a venture capitalist, gained the Republican nomination with the help of Trump's endorsement and has known to peddle Trump's 'Big Lie' that the 2020 election was stolen. Kelly, a former astronaut, is on the defensive over immigration. Former astronaut and current US Senator Mark Kelley ( AFP via Getty Images) Kelly's wife, US Representative Gabby Giffords was shot in the head in the 2011 Tuscon shooting. Six people died including a federal judge. Giffords survived but later resigned from Congress. The couple are now advocates for gun control. Conspiracy theories have taken root in Arizona, with candidates for Governor, Secretary of State and Senate all claiming the 2020 election was stolen. If these candidates do win it will be a huge boost for Trump. Senator Raphael Warnock is a pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in At){kind=link}
With just a week to go before voters go to the polls for the November 8 Midterms in the US, the state races are heating up and some remain on a knife edge
Although hundreds of seats are up for grabs in the US Midterm elections, political pundits have their eyes on a few key battlegrounds being fought in states.
Millions of dollars in campaigning funds are being poured into swing states in a desperate attempt to get an edge.
Spending records have been broken time and again, and many too close to call going into the final week before the vote.
Not every one of the 535 seats in Congress are up for grabs. Although all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grab only a third of all seats in the 100 strong Senate are being contended.