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    Coronavirus Weighing Heavily On Voters In Arizona

    The presidential race and the balance of power in the U.S. Senate could come down to how the vote goes in this battleground state, which also has among the highest COVID-19 death rates in the nation.
    by Kirk Siegler Oct 27, 2020 3 minutes
    Melissa Trujillo got COVID-19 in June. Four months later, she still suffers from fatigue and headaches.

    Arizona is in the news a lot these days.

    It's a battleground state in the 2020 election, of course. Recent polls have shown former Vice President Joe Biden with a narrow lead and its Senate race between Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic challenger Mark Kelly is considered a toss up.

    But Arizona also has the dubious mark as a state with one of the highest number of COVID-19 deaths per capita in the nation.

    Ask voters like Melissa Trujillo how much of a factor the pandemic is in the election and they'll tell you, well, it's

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