Friday, March 29

Rusty Bowers defeated in Arizona amid surge of Trump-backed candidates


Donald Trump-backed candidates pulled ahead in Arizona’s GOP primaries, showing, if early election results hold, a sign of the sway the former president still has over Republicans in the state.

Some races were too close to call early Wednesday but showed Trump’s preferred candidates leading in high-profile Republican races for Arizona governor, US Senate, US Congress, Arizona attorney general and secretary of state.

Trump-endorsed Kari Lake and Karrin Taylor Robson, who was endorsed by former Vice President Mike Pence, were in a virtual tie in the race for the GOP nomination for governor.

The winner will face Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s current secretary of state, who easily won the Democratic nomination for governor.

Republican Blake Masters, who’s backed by both Trump and tech investor Peter Thiel, was declared the US Senate primary winner by the Associated Press after building a lead over former solar power executive Jim Lamon and Mark Brnovich, the current Arizona attorney general. Masters will face Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly in the November general election.




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