Find Common Ground Or Dig In For Battle? Arizona's Top Democrats Are Taking Different Approaches

Days after Donald Trump was elected to a second term, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs headed to the Mexican border with a conciliatory message.

"Border security was a core issue of the Trump campaign," she said. "I look forward to having conversations with the incoming president about Arizona's needs."

Back in Phoenix, Attorney General Kris Mayes was plotting a legal strategy that has led so far to five lawsuits against the Trump administration, on average one every 10 days since she took office.

Both Hobbs and Mayes are Democrats who will seek reelection next year in a state that went for Trump. But they have adopted sharply different approaches to handling Trump's return to the White House: Restrained and collaborative for Hobbs hardened and embattled for Mayes.

The strategies encapsulate the debate consuming Democrats around the country trying to find a path back to power. In winning over working class voters, Trump scrambled political allegiances and left Democrats struggling to piece together a viable coalition.