Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is inching closer to deciding to run for Senate, and her expected candidacy has frozen the Republican field in the state as other Senate hopefuls wait for her decision.
Lake, a former local television anchor who falsely claims that she won her 2022 race for Arizona governor, is considered
to a private poll, portions of which were obtained by The Washington Post, that is viewed by Republican strategistsBoth candidates were endorsed by former president Donald Trump in their earlier bids.Two other conservatives who did not draw Trump’s backing during last year’s statewide midterm elections — solar energy entrepreneur Jim Lamon and developer Karrin Taylor Robson — trailed significantly behind the harder-right rivals, the polling showed.
Lake — who is still waging a legal battle, which was rejected by an Arizona appeals court on Thursday, to reverse her gubernatorial loss — alienated moderate “McCain Republicans” in the state during her run, with video circulating of her telling fans of the late Republican senator John McCain to “get the hell out” of one event.But in Arizona, more moderate candidates like Taylor Robson appear to still have limited appeal to Republican primary voters.
Some operatives privately remain skeptical that Lake, who is still publicly insisting she won the governor’s race, will run for Senate. She could serve as a surrogate for Trump’s presidential campaign and continue to build a national brand and raise funds for her PAC without running for Senate. She recently appeared before packed crowds in Iowa, her home state, where she tested the national potency of her election-denying message.
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