In San Luiz, “we need someone young, ready to cross the aisle to work with the Republicans.” “It’s always nicer on election days when you’re not on the ballot.” laughs Nieves Riedel, mayor of San Luiz (Arizona) for two years. This successful businesswoman in construction and urban development prides herself on having built “half of this town”, which holds the title of the safest municipality in the State – even though “murders and kidnappings occur almost every day” –, in the Mexican town of almost the same name which faces it, just on the other side of the border, “where 99% of the people here have family.” Elected under the Democratic banner, she now presents herself as an independent, registered as such on the electoral lists. Out of disgust with bipartisanship, which she would like to see explode thanks to the emergence of“at least” a third force of weight, “like in Mexico”where she was born, “where there are at least half a dozen important groups”: “Republicans and Democrats have lost their minds, they no longer speak to each other”. She gave her official support to Kamala Harris, because “we are behind Mexico which has just elected a president and we must show the rest of the world that we have reached this stage where a woman can represent us”. But also “because we need someone young, willing to cross the aisle to work with the Republicans, who tries to work with everyone”. She points to the crowd of candidates for the municipal council massed in front of the polling station to present themselves to the voters: “See, for three seats, there are six people here who can’t please me, but I’m going to talk to them anyway. I wish them the best, and I will do my best to work with them if they are elected. We are here to serve people, together. “It’s the only way to get results, the only way to move forward.” By Julien Gester, our special correspondent in Arizona.
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