A Trump-Supporting Sheriff’s Stand Against Kari Lake in Arizona

The New York Times ^ | July 29, 2024, 4:31 p.m. ET | Kellen Browning

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Mark Lamb, the Pinal County sheriff and a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, strode around his spacious office overlooking the Sonoran Desert, proudly pointing out his accumulated memorabilia.

Here was the old cowboy rifle his wife had gifted him when he first won his post in 2016. It sat across from an animal skull and an engraved pistol, and it was below a framed New York Post cover story praising him as the “last line of defense” against drug traffickers. There was a signed card from the Trumps — Donald, Melania and Barron — thanking him for attending a Christmas party at Mar-a-Lago, the former president’s private home and resort. American flags and eagles abounded.

“I’m a dadgum patriot,” Mr. Lamb said.

But he’s not Kari Lake, the former news anchor and close Trump ally who has dominated a race Mr. Lamb says he’s still hopeful he can win.

For months Ms. Lake, 54, has held substantial leads over Mr. Lamb, 52, in surveys. With Mr. Trump’s endorsement and the backing of the Washington Republican establishment — and all the advertising dollars that came with it — she is widely expected to sail to victory in the primary on Tuesday night. The winner will go up against Representative Ruben Gallego, who is running unopposed on the Democratic side, for the seat being vacated by Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat-turned-independent who decided not to run for re-election.

[Eli Kopter]

Waste of bandwidth.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Waste of air.

[DIRTYSECRET]

She’ll win the primary right? Time to get behind her. Will it happen? She’s lost before. A big feather in the cap for 6 years awaits us if she’s victorious. Can’t count on it. She needs money. Will it be there?

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She’s lost before.

So has Trump, and for the same reason that must remain unspoken under penalty of law.

[gibsonguy]

She’s lost before“

No, she didn’t.

[Dr. Sivana]

I voted for Lamb because Lake back-tracked on abortion. I’ll support the winner in the general. At least it isn’t a three-way with Martha McSally.

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I voted for Lamb because Lake back-tracked on abortion.

Some say Trump has too.

[Zathras]

He is there for one reason and one reason only.
To split the vote and give the Senate race to RATS.

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That was my take.

That’s why they want ranked choice voting so badly.

[Blennos]

I agree. The New York Times. All leftist propaganda all the time.

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I agree. The New York Times. All leftist propaganda all the time.

You should ignore them then.

"Ignorance is strength." --1984, by George Orwell

[Migraine]

I agree.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Yep. Can't trust anything that the New York Times claims is true. Inbred to the core.

[Olog-hai]

Fraud denial.

[Vaquero]

Her election was stolen

[Political Junkie Too]

I don't understand these people who say they support President Trump but they don't want to give him the Senate that he needs to get his agenda passed.

-PJ

[Blennos]

I do ignore them, along with the rest of the putrid mainstream media. I haven’t watched any television in over 40 years. The only newspaper we get is the Epoch Times.

[McGruff]

Endorsed by the NY Times?

[McGruff]

The election was blatantly stolen from her.