Arizona Democrat Ruben Gallego Offers Climate Solution During Debate

LOADING ERROR LOADING Arizona just ended its hottest summer since records began in 1896, with its fast-growing Phoenix metropolis last month completing a historic 113-day streak of temperatures at 100 degrees Fahrenheit. To survive in that heat and keep the state’s economy growing, Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego pitched one major solution at Wednesday night’s final debate with Republican rival Kari Lake. Amid a combative televised parley in which the serving U.S. congressman attacked his GOP opponent for denying election results and climate science, Gallego said new reactors were the “quickest thing we could do to make sure we can continue the growth we have in Arizona with manufacturing and residential to make sure we can meet that.” “We have to first accept that climate change is happening. That’s going to have to be nuclear.” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego debates with Republican challenger Kari Lake on Oct. 9, 2024, in Phoenix. “We need to bring the price of energy down.” Her solution was light on specifics, largely echoing her party’s national catchphrases and promoting fossil fuel projects outside of Arizona.