MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — Editor's note: The above video aired in April 2022.
It's a contest between an insider and an outsider to run one of the largest prosecutorial agencies in the country.
Voters sized up the two candidates fighting to lead the Maricopa County Attorney's Office Friday morning in a livestream of their first debate, for this weekend's "Sunday Square Off." "Square Off" anchor Brahm Resnik will moderate.
The candidates are:
- Republican County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, a career county prosecutor who was appointed county attorney in April, after the resignation of the late Allister Adel.
- Democrat Julie Gunnigle, a former prosecutor in Cook County, Ill., who lost the 2020 county attorney's race to Adel by less than two percentage points.
The 400 lawyers in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office's handle more than 10,000 cases a year. But in recent years, their work has been overshadowed by scandal and tragedy.
See the entire debate here. Editor's note: There are three intermission breaks throughout the livestream:
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