Posted on 08/03/2022 7:19:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
Blake Masters, with the backing of former President Donald Trump and Silicon Valley magnate Peter Thiel, won the Republican nomination to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
Masters trailed behind Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and businessman Jim Lamon for much of the race. Masters, formerly COO of Thiel Capital and president of The Thiel Foundation, surged in the race after Trump endorsed him June 2.
The race was called with Masters winning nearly 40% of the vote after an estimated four-fifths of the ballots had been counted. At the time, he held a roughly ten-point lead over his next closest competitor. Masters will take on Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, a former astronaut, for his seat in November.
Masters campaigned as a MAGA conservative and supporter of Trump’s agenda, with an emphasis on rebuilding the family. He was largely financed by Thiel, a Silicon Valley tech executive who has become increasingly active in bankrolling Republican candidates in the 2022 election.
Masters is one of Thiel’s most prominent beneficiaries, working in several roles for the wealthy tech executive before his run for Senate. Thiel, who reportedly has Trump’s ear and advises him on certain endorsements, may have played a significant role in getting Masters the former president’s nod.
In June, Masters made headlines after he joined several other men in shoving a protester out of one of his events. The protester showed up to a Masters event in a “jail Trump” hat and a Black Lives Matter t-shirt to see their reaction to someone who “clearly [does] not agree with most of what they believe,” he said after the incident.
Masters defended his actions after the incident, saying that the protester was thrown out of the event after hitting a woman.
“A masked-up guy with a BLM shirt crashed this GOP event tonight. Started causing trouble, then he hit a woman. So me and some guys put him on the ground, then the police came for him,” Masters tweeted, adding that the ‘fake news’ would probably spin the story as ‘Senate Candidate Blake Masters ATTACKS Peaceful Protestor!’”
Kari is the one who I really thought would straight out win this! AZ IS EFFIN CORRUPT!! The McCain’s still yeild power there! They came out against Kari full frontal and probably have a lot of control power over the voting methods. I still don’t understand why the Democrats races are called right away and our candidates the ones that the Republican establishment doesn’t like take forever to be called. This is BS!
Hopefully the Trump Curse will erase the McCain Stain
You are correct much of the McCain family still controls power here but this election is doing a great deal to clean up the mess.
Kelli Ward, the one who got stabbed by Ducy in her Senate race now runs the GOP here.
Still lots to clean up but Kelli is doing a great job cleaning out the McCain old guard.
I always admired Peter Thiel.
AZ political corruption is beginning to emulate Illinois!
This is corruption.....................
*AZ political corruption is beginning to emulate Illinois!*
Will it stop Masters in November?
FNC went all out with that one BS poll to support the close Ward race. It would appear the new cheat limit is in the 6-8% range. The GOPe threw everything they had to stop Ward. The entire sate went big for her except for the area around the Phoenix. That is where they stole it from Trump.
Great news, Brnovich is a rat mole and a real POS.
I was thrilled masters winner last night. He is working with Kari to make Arizona better.
False Flag news network Fox loves Brno.
Brnovich finished third. He’s a useless nothing as AG, and everybody saw it.
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