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Arizona Libertarian Senate candidate Marc Victor announces he is dropping out and endorsing Blake Masters
NYT ^ | Nov 1 | NYT

Posted on 11/01/2022 3:49:30 AM PDT by RandFan

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To: RandFan

This is sanest thing I’ve ever seen a Libertarian candidate do.


21 posted on 11/01/2022 5:07:16 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: RandFan

GREAT news for Masters!!!!


22 posted on 11/01/2022 5:09:40 AM PDT by Kaiser8408a (u)
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To: Jonty30

Yes, libertarians are definitely socially liberal.


23 posted on 11/01/2022 5:16:17 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: RandFan

I’m sure that the DNC will be spinning this as something underhanded that Masters did...


24 posted on 11/01/2022 5:24:02 AM PDT by hecticskeptic (The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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To: RandFan

25 posted on 11/01/2022 5:24:52 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: RandFan

Finally a libertarian that isn’t a kamikaze.

This is the first election i refused to vote third party. Voted straight GOP for the first time. We must wrest control of government from the dems. We can continue to improve the GOP as primaries occur.


26 posted on 11/01/2022 5:30:25 AM PDT by Nathan _in_Arkansas (Hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats. )
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To: RandFan

The fellow made a lot of sense in the three-way debate. He came across as a common man as opposed to an egghead the way most Libertarians do. One poll showed him with 15 percent, but that turned out to be an odd-ball poll. I suspect with the small “l” libertarian wing of the Republican Party becoming significant, the man saw the light. Of course, small “l”s have to respect the other wings of the Republican Party (religious conservatives, populist conservatives and what remains of the moderate conservatives); whereas, cap “L”s are free to entertain all kinds of whack ideas. As a former cap “L”, I’ll just say come on in, the water’s fine.


27 posted on 11/01/2022 5:32:19 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: RandFan
Probably too little, and certainly too late.

A similar thing happened in the Montana Senate race in 2018, where the Libertarian became disenchanted with his Democrat string-pullers also at the last minute and announced he was no longer a candidate and endorsed the Republican. The media immediately came to the Democrat's rescue and tried to claim that Breckenridge's endorsement wasn't really an endorsement at all, in order to dilute the effect.

The too-late Libertarian dropout gambit didn't work then either, but maybe if the timing had been a little better the outcome would have changed.

Libertarian Breckenridge Endorses Rosendale In Montana Senate Race

28 posted on 11/01/2022 5:33:11 AM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: RandFan

Good move, Marc Victor. Now, send Kelly packing, Blake Masters.


29 posted on 11/01/2022 5:38:47 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: Not A Snowbird

3,000,000 voted already and that was updated 7 days ago. I’m sure it’s at least doubled today.


30 posted on 11/01/2022 5:41:31 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: RandFan

Big news.


31 posted on 11/01/2022 5:51:55 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: RandFan

Good news


32 posted on 11/01/2022 6:12:45 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: RandFan

Excellent news. However his name will be on the ballot.


33 posted on 11/01/2022 6:21:14 AM PDT by Parley Baer (WI)
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To: RandFan

O happy day!!!


34 posted on 11/01/2022 6:27:02 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: RandFan

A bit late, right? Hasn’t early voting been going on in AZ?


35 posted on 11/01/2022 6:50:40 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: RandFan

This is very helpful. The libertarian was polling at 3%. In a close race such as this, getting the majority of those 3% to switch to Masters could represent a victory margin for him


36 posted on 11/01/2022 6:51:08 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: chuckee

Arizona polls showed 6% going to the libertarian.

This is helpful.


37 posted on 11/01/2022 6:56:06 AM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: lonestar67

In general I would say the Lune-tarians split 70-30 R over D. So this may add as much as 2% to Masters.


38 posted on 11/01/2022 6:58:33 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: RandFan
They've been voting for how many weeks now? I doubt this is going to be that helpful, frankly.

Also, people who vote libertarian in close races do it because they really don't want to vote Republican.

39 posted on 11/01/2022 7:01:19 AM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might)
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To: RandFan

Good move.


40 posted on 11/01/2022 7:05:45 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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