AZ is hugely red.  Not really, Flake won by less than 3 points lass time and didn't break 50%.  That's kinda purple.  The land may look very red, but the people are kinda purpley.     49.2%	46.2%  There is an actual way to measure how red or blue a state is.  The Cook Political report has a partisan voting index. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index The blueest state is Hawaii and it's D +18.  The reddest state is Wyoming and it's D +25. Arizona is R + 5.  There are over 20 states more Republican than it.