Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) rebuffed rumors that he was plotting a run for Senate after previously saying that he wasn’t going to run, the Arizona Mirror reports.
Said Ducey: “My answer hasn’t changed.”
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) rebuffed rumors that he was plotting a run for Senate after previously saying that he wasn’t going to run, the Arizona Mirror reports.
Said Ducey: “My answer hasn’t changed.”
“Sen. Mark Kelly raised nearly $9 million in the final three months of 2021, a figure that surpasses what he raised in the previous three months and positions the Arizona Democrat to be one of the best funded candidates in the 2022 midterms,” CNN reports.
“Kelly is seen as one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the United States Senate. Although he defeated former Republican Sen. Martha McSally in 2020 and President Joe Biden became the first Democratic presidential nominee to win Arizona since 1996, Republicans are buoyant that voters have soured on Democratic control and will punish the party at the ballot box in 2022.”
“A division of industrial giant Koch Industries has bought Senate hopeful Jim Lamon’s company, likely providing a cash infusion for the Arizona Republican as he pours huge sums of his own money into the race,” Axios reports.
“Lamon is vying for the GOP nomination to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in what is expected to be one of the most competitive — and expensive — races of the 2022 midterms.”
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A new OH Predictive Insights poll in Arizona finds only 26% of Democrats said that they would prefer to keep Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) as their senator, while another 72% chose a Democrat other than Kyrsten Sinema.
The Cook Political Report moved three U.S. Senate races next year — in Arizona, Georgia and Nevada — from Lean Democrat to Toss Up.
“Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) suggested that Republicans may not run anyone to oppose Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) when she comes up for reelection in 2024,” The Hill reports.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R), the likely GOP challenger to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) next year, released a video of him playing with nunchucks.
A new Data for Progress poll in Arizona finds 70% of prospective 2024 Democratic primary voters have a negative opinion of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), with just 24% expressing a positive view of the first-term senator.
For contrast, 85% of Democratic primary voters have a favorable opinion of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who is also in his first term.
A new OH Predictive Insights poll in Arizona finds Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in a comfortable position ahead of his re-election race, leading all four Republican candidates in potential head-to-head matchups.
Against Mark Brnovich (R), Kelly currently leads 43% to 39%. Kelly leads Michael McGuire (R) 44% to 37%, Jim Lamon (R) 43% to 36%, and Blake Masters (R) 44% to 35%.
“The Republican serving as liaison between the Arizona state Senate and the private company conducting a partisan ballot review said Wednesday he intends to resign, citing his inability to back the final product,” NBC News reports.
“Ken Bennett, a former Arizona secretary of state, said he made the decision after it became clear he would not regain access to the Phoenix fairgrounds where the private company, Cyber Ninjas, continues its examination of millions of ballots cast last November in Maricopa County.”
Former President Donald Trump praised the Republican-controlled state Senate for its ongoing audit of the 2020 election results while saving plenty of time to berate Gov. Doug Ducey (R), Insider reports.
He also threw cold water on supporting Ducey in a possible 2022 Senate campaign: “He’s not getting my endorsement, I can tell you.”
A new Data for Progress poll finds 66% of Arizona Democrats say that they would choose a different candidate if Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) continues to protect the Senate filibuster, while another 13% said they’re not sure how they will vote.
Just 22% of Arizona Democrats support Sinema’s current position on the filibuster.
“Blake Masters, a top aide to billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel, entered the Republican field of candidates hoping to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly in 2022,” the Arizona Republic reports.
“Thiel has donated $10 million to a legally separate political-action committee that can raise and spend money to help bolster Masters’ bid.”
Former NFL player Jake Bequette (R) announced he’s challenging Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) in next year’s Republican primary, the Associated Press reports.
“Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) raised $6 million during the second quarter of 2021, surpassing the Democrat’s fundraising during the first three months of the year and during the same time period for his first run for the Senate in 2019,” the Arizona Republic reports.
“The campaign has more than $7 million cash on hand, and the total amount raised for the election cycle has reached more than $10 million.”
Medium Buying reports the campaign of Arizona Senate candidate Jim Lamon (R) is placing ads on Fox News in the New York/New Jersey cable zone.
The reason? Former President Donald Trump’s National Golf Club Bedminister is there.
“Former President Donald Trump lashed out against state Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) over his tepid support of the ongoing review of ballots in Maricopa County, a blow to the potential Republican contender in Arizona’s 2022 U.S. Senate race,” the Arizona Republic reports.
Said Trump: “As massive crime in the 2020 Election is becoming more and more evident and obvious, Brnovich is nowhere to be found. He is always on television promoting himself, but never mentions the Crime of the Century, that took place during the 2020 Presidential Election, which was Rigged and Stolen.”
A new OH Predictive Insights poll of Arizona voters shows Sen. Mark Kelly (D) has a +60 net approval rating with Democrats, but a -42 approval rating with Republicans.
Meanwhile, Kyrsten Sinema (D) has a +28 net approval rating with Democrats, but a -11 approval rating with Republicans.
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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