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Aside from the tax increase, Brewer has posted a reliably conservative record. As governor, Brewer froze state regulatory rules and signed bills to put new restrictions on abortion and allow Arizonans to carry concealed weapons without a state permit. In the governor's race, she's already set her targets on Goddard even before formally winning her party's nomination. Voters, Brewer said, have clear choices "between the advocates of bigger government, uncontrolled spending and unaccountable education policies and those of us committed to smaller government, job creation, fiscal discipline, and quality education." Goddard lashed back at Brewer when a federal judge on July 29 blocked implementation of big parts of the immigration law, ruling that it likely would fall to the federal government's constitutional challenge. "Jan Brewer played politics with immigration, and she lost," Goddard said. "Rather than providing the leadership Arizona needs to solve the immigration problem, Jan Brewer signed a bill she could not defend in court which has led to boycotts, jeopardized our tourism industry and polarized our state." On immigration and border security, Goddard cites his office's work against smuggling cartels and calls for increased federal action against those who transport drugs and people north across the U.S.-Mexico border and money and drugs south. "Goddard still has a problem so long as the law is the defining campaign issue," Herrera said. Goddard needs to switch the campaign's focus to the state's still struggling economy and its continued budget troubles, but Brewer can hope that illegal immigration serves as a surrogate issue for many voters' general dissatisfaction. Herrera said. "That can resonate with voters who are looking for some sort of answer," he said.
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