The Arizona Democratic Party is mailing out flyers touting the policies of a Libertarian running as a third party candidate in an election for a close House seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema.
The mailer sent by the Democrats does not mention Sinema. It instead features Powell Gammill, the Libertarian candidate in the race, according to images of the mailer obtained by the Free Beacon.
Gammill played a major role in getting Sinema elected to office in 2012.
The race in Arizona’s 9th District was too close to call on election night, but Sinema wound up defeating her Republican opponent by fewer votes than were pulled in by Gammill. Sinema won by just over 10,000 votes, and Gammill pulled in 16,620 votes.
Sinema, who is openly bisexual and describes herself as "a Prada socialist," is facing a tough challenge from Republican Wendy Rogers.
Gammill could again prove to be the deciding factor in the race, as polls currently show Sinema leading the race by a smaller margin than Gammill pulled in 2012.
The mailer lays out Gammill’s Libertarian positions on foreign aid, abortion, and gun control.
It is highly unlikely that stands such as "eliminate all government funding for abortions" and "eliminate all gun control laws" would be appealing to Democratic voters.
The Arizona Democratic Party told the Arizona Republic that the mailer is part of a strategy to draw voters away from Rogers.
"Obviously we prefer Kyrsten Sinema," said DJ Quinlan, executive director of the Arizona Democratic Party. "Our calculation is there are probably a lot of conservative voters who realize [Gammill] is a far more consistent conservative than Wendy Rogers."