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Oct 27, 2023 · By Associated Press. PHOENIX — Republican Blake Masters, who lost to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in last year’s midterm election, announced Thursday he is the latest candidate in a crowded...
Oct 26, 2023 · Former Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters announced Thursday that he would run for an open congressional seat in the Phoenix suburbs, changing course from a planned second run for Senate in...
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Aug 30, 2023 · 08/30/2023 04:15 PM EDT. Blake Masters is making plans to launch another Arizona Senate bid, potentially as soon as next week, according to three people familiar with the matter. Masters...
Oct 26, 2023 · Oct. 26, 2023. 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...
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Masters is fairly well-known in the tech world because of his yearslong ties to Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and a Trump ally. Masters was born in Colorado and grew up in Tucson. He graduated with degrees in political science and law from Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. Thiel was an instructor for one of Masters’ classes. His detailed n...
Masters drew interest from conservatives in 2019 when he said what many thought but would not say publicly: that then-Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., could not beat Kelly. McSally lost her 2018 Senate race to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, but wound up in the chamber anyway after Gov. Doug Ducey appointed her to the state's other Senate seat following the ...
He won Trump's endorsement in 2022 in large part by helping push the false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump and by making border security a top policy concern. Masters has said the 2020 election was not “free and fair” and that cost Trump the presidency. The claims of an unfair election have been widely debunked by e...
Masters is often blunt and provocative. His supporters may find his candor refreshing; his critics see a man comfortable making others cringe. Democrats “don’t actually care about crime, right?” Masters said in an April 2022 podcast. “Like, we do have a gun violence problem in this country and it’s gang violence, right? It’s gangs. It’s people in C...
If Masters makes another Senate run, he will once again need to get past Republican rivals. For the moment, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is the only prominent Republican in the race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz. She has not officially said whether she will seek another term, but her campaign fundraising and spending suggests she is runn...
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Nov 4, 2022 · (AP) By Jon Greenberg November 4, 2022. Count Arizona as another state where Republicans could pick up a Senate seat and flip the chamber. Polls show a in the race between Democratic incumbent Mark...
Oct 26, 2023 · Arizona Republican Blake Masters, who lost his 2022 bid for U.S. Senate, announced Thursday morning he is running to represent Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Masters will vie for...
