McSally, Romney calls the crowd to release the vote in Arizona

Gilbert, Ariz. • Republican Republican candidate Martha McSally received a boost from GOP defender Mitt Romney as both supporters urged their energetic supporters at a rally in Arizona Friday to help her win a win. dead end race.

"It's a big election for us, up and down the ballot," McSally told an enthusiastic crowd in Phoenix's suburb of Phoenix. "This Senate race is literally the firewall to ensure we retain and increase the Senate majority."

Putting her opponent for an anti-military liberal, the congresswoman faces Democratic Kyrsten Sinema for the seat left vacant by Republican Senator Jeff Flake. The two women left their seats in the US House to hold a position in the Senate.

A win will only happen if his supporters spread the word to vote either early or at the polls, McSally said.

"It's so important that you're engaged, but we have to go," she said. "We have to communicate with our friends and family, on social media, in our neighborhood, in our workplace, that has allowed us to get out the vote, is not it?"

Romney, Utah's tallest race favorite in the Senate, introduced McSally. The Gilbert area is heavily Mormon and Romney is arguably the most famous member of the country, from the religion of Salt Lake City.

The former GOP presidential candidate highlighted McSally's reputation as the first American fighter pilot and his various combat missions.

"It's the kind of person that Arizona deserves and the country needs," Romney said. "I hope that when I get elected to the Senate … we can work together to meet great challenges."

Several hundred people gathered in an auditorium during the 20-minute rally. Many wore red or blue t-shirts with pro-McSally or pro-Donald Trump messages, while waving miniature American flags. Veterans in the crowd applauded McSally's military background.

Some attendees said they would support it because she would work with President Trump and help maintain Republican control over the Senate majority.

"She is not flip-flopping like the other candidate," said Sadiq Ahmed, a registered freelancer who voted for Barack Obama and Trump. "Right now, it's better for America to support Republicans."

McSally and Romney mainly supported Trump. But neither invoked his name during the collection.

McSally mentioned Sinema several times, attracting loud cries from the crowd. McSally's focus is on Sinema's past anti-war protests.

"Not only has she protested against our troops in a pink tutu … she certainly has the right to do it, but do we want to be our next senator?"

The rally comes a few days after the start of the advance poll in Arizona for the November 6 elections.

Sinema, who was raised in Mormon style, is a moderate congressman representing three parts of the Phoenix subway. She began her political career as a Green Party activist and now presents herself as an independent.

She built a moderate record in Congress, often backing Republican bills.

McSally is a moderate at a time now in his second term and representing parts of southern Arizona.

The GOP has worked hard to make Sinema a liberal too left for Arizona. McSally also said that Sinema, a former rape counselor, had been gentle about punishment for child molesters.

Sinema's campaign said the attacks are a sign of an increasingly desperate camp for McSally.

AP writer, Bob Christie in Phoenix, contributed to this story.