NEW: “Rating Change: Arizona’s Open 1st District Shifts to Toss-Up” [Roll Call]

NEW: “Rating Change: Arizona’s Open 1st District Shifts to Toss-Up” [Roll Call]

“Schweikert leaves behind a seat that remains fundamentally competitive” Non-partisan race raters are moving Arizona’s First Congressional District in Democrats’ direction after David Schweikert decided to drop his increasingly uphill re-election campaign. Inside Elections is now one of three nationally-recognized, independent race-raters to acknowledge the Phoenix and Scottsdale-area district is a “toss-up.” Both the Cook Political Report and …