Dan Nowicki

The Republic | azcentral.com

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign is making an initial investment of at least six figures to boost Democratic organizing efforts in Arizona for the November election against Republican nominee Donald Trump.

On Sunday, the Clinton campaign informed the Arizona Democratic Party that the financial transfer will come Monday and the money can be used immediately, according to a source familiar with the conversations about the national campaign's investment.

No money is expected to be spent on ads in Arizona, which traditionally votes Republican in presidential elections. At least not yet.

Polls have shown Arizona is competitive this year, and the Clinton team's decision to spend money here could force Trump to worked harder to win a red state that should have been in the bag for him.

Earlier this month, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., warned that Trump could lose Arizona if he doesn't change course. President Bill Clinton in 1996 became the only Democrat to carry Arizona since President Harry Truman did so in 1948.

The Clinton campaign announced Sunday that it has tapped Ellie Perez, one of the young undocumented immigrants known as "dreamers," as its Arizona outreach and Latino vote director. Perez on Monday will take part in a campaign phone bank joined by other participants in President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Perez also is spearheading in Arizona the Clinton campaign's "Mi Sueño, Tu Voto (My Dream, Your Vote)," which is aimed at getting dreamers to organize and help get commitments to vote.

Nowicki is The Arizona Republic's national political reporter. Follow him on Twitter at @dannowicki and on his official Facebook page.