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KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — For the second time in nearly four months, officials in a northwestern Arizona county narrowly rejected a proposal to hand count all ballots in the 2024 election cycle rather than using electronic tabulating equipment. County election officials had said it would take 245 new workers and $1.1 million to count all ballots by hand. The Mohave County Republican Party said it had more than 300 volunteers willing to hand count ballots free of charge and Scottsdale attorney Bryan Blehm pledged to represent Mohave County in any related lawsuit. Ryan Esplin, a deputy county attorney who advises the board supervisors, told them no law specifically authorizes the proposed hand count. Prior to the 2022 general election, rural Cochise County in southeast Arizona pursued a hand count before it was stopped by a judge.

Persons: Kris Mayes, Travis Lingenfelter, Sen, Sonny Borrelli, Bryan Blehm, ”, Blehm, Kari Lake’s, Katie Hobbs, Borrelli, Ryan Esplin, I’m, I’ve, ” Esplin Organizations: Democratic, Republican, Mohave County Republican Party, Gov Locations: KINGMAN, Ariz, Arizona, Mohave County, Mohave, Lake Havasu City, Scottsdale, Cochise County, Nye County , Nevada

☆ Opinion | The G.O.P’s Culture War Shtick Is Wearing Thin With Voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Republican Party has always leaned on culture war issues to win elections, but for the last three years, since Joe Biden won office in 2020, an aggressive and virulent form of culture war demagoguery has been at the center of Republican political strategy. To be fair to Republican strategists, there was a moment, in the fall of 2021, when it looked like the plan was working. Youngkin shot to national prominence and Republicans made immediate plans to take the strategy to every competitive race in the country. In 2022, with “parental rights” as their rallying cry, Republican lawmakers unleashed a barrage of legislation targeting transgender rights, and Republican candidates ran explicit campaigns against transgender and other gender nonconforming people. “They kicked God out of schools and welcomed the drag queens,” said Kari Lake, an Arizona Republican, during her 2022 campaign for governor.

Persons: Joe Biden, demagoguery, Glenn Youngkin, Terry McAuliffe, Youngkin, “, ”, Kari Lake Organizations: Republican Party, Republican, Democratic, Arizona Republican Locations: Virginia , Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, Arizona

☆ Joe Manchin's exit makes it harder for Democrats to defend US Senate majority
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Republican former President Donald Trump beat Democratic President Joe Biden here by 39 points in 2020. OHIOLiberal Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown is seeking a fourth six-year term in a state, like West Virginia, that increasingly is Republican. There are at least four Republicans seeking their party's nomination, including State Senator Matt Dolan. Trump won the state by 16 points in 2020 and Tester is the only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation. Biden captured Michigan by just three points over Trump and the open Senate seat has attracted several aspirants from Democratic and Republican benches.

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☆ Blake Masters is running for a Phoenix-area House seat — but he lives over 100 miles away in Tucson
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But he lives in Tucson, more than 120 miles away from Lesko's Phoenix-area House district. Abe Hamadeh, the 2022 GOP nominee for attorney general, is already running for the seat. In 2022, Masters, Lake and Hamadeh ran as a unified ticket. In 2022, Masters benefited from millions in outside spending from tech billionaire Peter Thiel. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs of the end of September, Masters' Senate campaign owed more than $820,000 in debt, most of which was owed to Masters himself.

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☆ Blake Masters Announces Run for Congress, Skipping New Senate Bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Anjali Huynh | More About Anjali Huynh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Blake Masters, a Republican who lost his U.S. Senate campaign in Arizona last year, announced on Thursday that he would run to represent the state’s Eighth Congressional District — ending speculation that he would pursue a second Senate run in 2024. “I’m running for Congress, to fight for Arizona’s 8th,” Mr. Masters wrote on X, the site formerly known as Twitter. We need to stop inflation, Build the Wall, avoid WW3, and secure Arizona’s water future. We need to fight for our families.”Representative Debbie Lesko, a Republican, has represented the district, in the Phoenix suburbs, since 2018. Also this month, Kari Lake, a former news anchor who ran for governor in Arizona last year, declared that she would run for the seat held by Senator Kyrsten Sinema.

Persons: Blake Masters, “, ” Mr, Masters, “ Biden, Trump, Debbie Lesko, Lesko, Kari Lake, Kyrsten Sinema Organizations: Republican, U.S, Senate, Eighth Congressional, Arizona’s Locations: Arizona, Phoenix

☆ Kyrsten Sinema said she doesn't care if she loses reelection because she 'saved the Senate by myself' and can go serve 'on any board I want to,' book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Bryan Metzger | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kyrsten Sinema doesn't care one bit if she wins re-election, according to a new book. Sinema told Romney said she saved the filibuster and the Senate and that's "good enough for me." AdvertisementAdvertisementSen. Kyrsten Sinema will face an exceedingly difficult re-election race in Arizona next year, if she chooses to run. I can do anything," she told Romney, according to the book. "I saved the Senate filibuster by myself.

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☆ Trump dominates GOP money race, DeSantis spends heavily, George Santos goes negative: Takeaways from new campaign finance reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Fredreka Schouten David Wright Alex Leeds Matthews | Fredreka Schouten | David Wright | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Eyes on the SenateCalifornia hosts a high-profile 2024 Senate race, as a crowded field vies to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Porter’s report showed her campaign collected $3.4 million and had amassed nearly $12 million in cash on hand by September 30. One of Sinema’s top challengers, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, had a strong fundraising quarter by contrast. And in Pennsylvania, Democratic Sen. Bob Casey raised $3.2 million and had nearly $7.4 million on hand for another top race. Kim outraises MenendezFederal prosecutors last month lodged bribery-related charges against Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, just days before the end of the fundraising quarter.

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☆ Kari Lake Quits Stopping the Steal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Whether it's the migrant crisis, gender identity, shoplifting, student loans or decriminalizing federal laws on cannabis possession, Republican presidential candidates should not stop talking about the culture. Images: Bloomberg News/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyThree years after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, Kari Lake has apparently decided it’s time to move on. This week Ms. Lake said she will run for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024. The most notable part of her 50-minute announcement speech was Ms. Lake’s pivot from her signature issue in last year’s failed gubernatorial campaign.

Persons: Mark Kelly Three, Donald Trump, Kari Lake, Lake, year’s Organizations: Republican, Bloomberg, Getty, Arizona’s U.S, Senate

☆ Kari Lake, previously a fire-breathing, hard-charging, far-right candidate for Arizona governor, may attempt to pivot to normie for her Senate bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kari Lake on Tuesday launched her bid for the Republican Senate nomination in Arizona. But during her kickoff, Lake didn't focus on grievances and instead framed election integrity as a bipartisan issue. (The move likely dooms the prospects of Blake Masters, the unsuccessful 2022 Senate nominee who The Wall Street Journal previously reported had been set to jump into the 2024 Senate race.) AdvertisementAdvertisementLake defeated Karrin Taylor Robson in last year's Arizona Republican gubernatorial primary. In last year's gubernatorial election, Lake earned 49.6% of the vote, losing by about 17,000 votes out of nearly 2.6 million ballots cast.

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Rep. Ruben Gallego is running for the Democratic nomination, setting up a potential three-way race if Sinema runs as an independent. But polling shows that Sinema and Gallego would not simply divide the Democratic vote, handing the race to GOP firebrand Lake. But if former Democrat Sinema runs as an independent, Gallego still prevails in the poll, getting 41% of the vote. In a three-way race, Gallego is ahead in Noble's polling, with 34% support, compared to 26% for Sinema and 25% for Lake. But once Kennedy said he was running as an independent, Republicans rushed to separate themselves from him.

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☆ Trump ally Kari Lake to launch US Senate bid in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Richard Cowan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Arizona Republican Kari Lake, a far-right ally of Donald Trump, on Tuesday is expected to announce her candidacy for her party's U.S. Senate nomination, in what could be a highly competitive three-way general election race in November 2024. Arizona is one of eight competitive seats Democrats will be defending in 2024 as they try to protect their narrow 51-49 Senate majority. Lake is closely aligned with Trump, who so far leads the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Arizona shares around 370 miles (600 km) of its border with Mexico and immigration is sure to be one of the main topics in the Senate race. "There is an invasion at the Arizona border RIGHT NOW.

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I really do,” Lake told an adoring crowd of Michigan Republicans gathering last month on Mackinac Island. Lake will launch a U.S. Senate campaign for an Arizona seat in a splashy Scottsdale rally on Tuesday, having never conceded that she lost last year's race for Arizona governor. She is trying out new messages and courting the support of national Republicans she’s insulted in the past. That worries some Republicans who fear she will cost them a race that could decide control of the Senate. But Lake became a national figure on the far right with her television appearances and her defense of Trump's election falsehoods.

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☆ How the Senate GOP’s campaign chief is navigating Trump and messy primaries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Top Senate Republicans look at the prospects of a Donald Trump primary victory with trepidation, fearful his polarizing style and heavy baggage may sink GOP candidates down the ticket as their party battles for control of the chamber. Daines argues that Trump is “strengthening” among independent voters and that could be a boon for his Senate candidates – even in purple states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Pennsylvania. “What’s key is we want to make sure we have high-quality candidates running with President Trump,” Daines said. Kyrsten Sinema nor Joe Manchin could hold onto their seats if they ran for reelection in their states as independents. And that’s a losing strategy.”Daines is also in the middle of another internal party war – between Trump and Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, as the two men have been at sharp odds since the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

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☆ Kari Lake to Announce Senate Run, Setting Up High-Stakes Arizona Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Eliza Collins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Trump acolyte Kari Lake to launch Senate campaign in challenge to Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Emma Kinery | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Arizona republican candidate for governor Kari Lake greets the audience during a stop on the Truth and Courage PAC's Take Back America Bus Tour with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), ahead of the midterm elections, at San Tan Flat in Queen Creek, Arizona, U.S., October 5, 2022. Kari Lake, the Donald Trump acolyte who unsuccessfully ran for Arizona governor in 2022, will launch a candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on October 10. The Arizona contest, in which Sen. Krysten Sinema is expected to seek re-election, could determine by a three-way race which party controls the Senate. Lake, who narrowly lost the governor's contest, like Trump continues to deny her defeat was legitimate.

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PHOENIX (AP) — The trial in a lawsuit brought by Kari Lake, the defeated Arizona Republican nominee for governor, to get access to 1.3 million voters' signed ballot envelopes is now in the hands of a judge after wrapping up midday Monday. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge John Hannah said he would issue a ruling as soon as possible after closing arguments in the two-day bench trial. Maricopa County election officials argue state law mandates the signatures on the envelopes remain confidential. Political Cartoons View All 1179 ImagesThis is Lake's third trial related to her election loss. The former TV anchor’s latest case doesn’t challenge her defeat and instead is a public records lawsuit that asks to review all early ballot envelopes with voter signatures in Maricopa County, where officials had denied her request for those documents.

Persons: Kari Lake, John Hannah, Lake, Katie Hobbs, haven’t Organizations: PHOENIX, Arizona Republican, Democratic Gov Locations: Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona

☆ A phone call between Trump and conservative tech billionaire Peter Thiel reportedly turned 'pretty contentious'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tech investor Peter Thiel had a heated phone call in recent months with Donald Trump, Puck reported. Thiel's public support for Trump wavered in recent years, and apparently, Trump noticed. Apparently, Trump was "fuming" because the former president had supported Thiel-backed candidates like J.D. Thiel even left Facebook's board of directors to give his full attention to supporting Republican candidates, including mentees J.D. A year later, however, Peter Thiel took a step back from politics and no longer planned to support candidates in 2024.

Persons: Peter Thiel, Donald Trump, Puck, Thiel, Trump, —, Puck's Theodore Schleifer, Vance, Blake Masters, wouldn't, mentees J.D, Thiel's, Masters, Kari Lake Organizations: Republican National Convention, Trump, Service, Republican, PayPal, Facebook, RNC, Wall Street, Thiel, Kyrsten, Arizona, The New York Times Locations: Arizona

The former TV anchor has already lost two trials that challenged her loss to Democratic Gov. Initially, Lake’s challenge focused on problems with ballot printers at some polling places in Maricopa County. They also alleged the county ultimately accepted thousands of ballots that had been rejected earlier by workers for having mismatched signatures. They also said disclosing early ballot envelopes wouldn’t promote the best interest of the state, and would invite voter fraud and put the public at risk of identity theft. Lake’s lawyer has argued that the ballot envelopes aren’t entitled to privacy protections simply because they contain signatures and that the denial of records prevents Lake from monitoring election activity.

Persons: — Kari Lake, Katie Hobbs, Lake, Donald Trump’s, haven’t Organizations: PHOENIX, Republican, Democratic Gov, U.S . Senate, Appeals, Arizona Supreme Locations: Arizona, Maricopa County, Phoenix

☆ Trump told ex-Arizona GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters that he wouldn't be able to beat conservative favorite Kari Lake in a Senate primary next year, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump told Blake Masters he couldn't defeat Kari Lake in an Arizona Senate primary, per the Times. At the same time, former television journalist Kari Lake — another Trump favorite — won the GOP gubernatorial primary. Both candidates were more reflective of the new and Trumpier Arizona Republican Party, which had been moving away from the center-right ideology of figures like former Gov. The former president reportedly told Masters he didn't think the ex-candidate could defeat Lake in a Senate primary next year, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, Lake is eyeing an October entry into the Republican Senate primary.

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Former President Donald J. Trump on Sunday called Blake Masters, the failed Arizona Senate candidate considering a second run next year, and told him he didn’t think Mr. Masters could win a primary race against Kari Lake, the former news anchor who ran unsuccessfully for governor last year, according to two people briefed on the conversation. Mr. Trump’s delivery of this blunt political assessment — which could indicate that Mr. Trump may endorse Ms. Lake if she has a relatively open path to the nomination — is at odds with Mr. Trump’s posture so far this political cycle, in which he has shown more restraint in endorsing candidates than he had in the 2022 midterms. Mr. Trump’s call on Sunday came days after a report that Mr. Masters, a 37-year-old venture capitalist, was preparing to make a second run for the Senate in the swing state after his loss to Senator Mark Kelly, the Democratic incumbent, in 2022. Ms. Lake, who lost a bitter contest with Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is looking at announcing a Senate campaign in the first half of October, two people familiar with the matter said.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Blake Masters, Masters, Kari Lake, Trump’s, Mark Kelly, Katie Hobbs, Kyrsten Sinema Organizations: Senate, Democratic, Gov, Democrat, Republican Party Locations: Arizona

Trump will join the South Dakota Republican Party for a “Monumental Leaders Rally” in Rapid City. South Dakota holds a late primary and isn't competitive in a general election. That hasn’t stopped those who are keen to be considered as Trump's running mate from openly jockeying for the position and trying to curry favor with him and his aides. Despite not running for president, Noem has continued to position herself nationally. “Kristi Noem has spent more time out campaigning for I don’t know what than she has in South Dakota.

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☆ Blake Masters' favorite senator won't endorse his second Senate campaign in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

GOP candidate Blake Masters is reportedly planning to run for Senate again in Arizona. Kari Lake may also run for the Arizona Senate seat. And he said that while he's a "big fan" of Masters, he'd be "really surprised" if he got involved in the Arizona Senate race this cycle. A Masters campaign could put him on a collision course with Lake, an erstwhile ally during the 2022 campaign. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepublican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, the chairman of Senate Republicans' campaign arm, told Insider that he'd spoken to Masters about running but otherwise said little about the Arizona Republican's potential candidacy.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene reportedly calls Kari Lake a 'grifter' in private
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake view each other with intense distrust, according to a new report. Greene has reportedly called Lake a "grifter" in private, accusing her of not being conservative. Both are prominent supporters of former President Trump and said to be potential VP picks. Lake, according to the outlet, has also suspected Greene of leaking negative stories about her in the media. AdvertisementAdvertisementAxios reported in March that Lake was among four women that Trump was considering to be his vice president.

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☆ Trump Allies May Be Kept Out of Fox News Spin Room After Trump Shuns Debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The memo, which was first reported by Axios, does not mention Mr. Trump, and the restrictions apply to all candidates who aren’t participating — a category that also includes those who didn’t meet the donor and polling thresholds to qualify. In practice, though, it will affect Mr. Trump more significantly than anyone else, since he is the front-runner in the Republican primary and is actively trying to snub the debate while still getting its benefits. Mr. Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican National Committee-sanctioned debate of the 2024 race was a slap in the face to both the party and Fox News. Mr. Trump has frequently complained about Fox News’s coverage of him. At least three senior members of Mr. Trump’s campaign — Chris LaCivita, Jason Miller and Steven Cheung — plan to attend the debate in person, The Times has reported.

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☆ Trump seeks to steer attention away from first 2024 GOP debate as rivals make final preparations for Milwaukee
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

As his rivals prepare for the two-hour showdown on Fox News, Trump’s campaign is attempting to counter-program the debate. But Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. and other surrogates planned to travel to Milwaukee, where they would have had opportunities to weigh in on national broadcasts before and after the debate in the spin room. Ahead of the debate, some candidates are offering previews of their lines of attack – including criticizing Trump for choosing not to participate. “Every one of us who have qualified for that debate stage ought to be on the stage willing to square off and answer those tough questions,” Pence said. Overall, 42% say Trump is their first choice, followed by 19% supporting DeSantis.

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