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In Montana, Republican leaders want Bridger Aerospace chief executive Tim Sheehy — a former Navy SEAL and multimillionaire who could self-fund his own campaign — to challenge three-term Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. In Ohio, state Sen. Matt Dolan, whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians, could face Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown. Other names the outlet reported being floated as potential candidates in other states include: Karrin Taylor Robson, an Arizona attorney who lost the 2022 GOP gubernatorial nomination to former journalist Kari Lake

If passed, it would partially reverse Proposition 300, a ballot initiative passed by voters almost two decades ago that bars undocumented people from accessing a host of public services like childcare, adult education and in-state tuition. At a press event Friday, Republican Precinct Committeewoman Lisa Hoberg said the Proposition 308 was "common sense policy." "Dreamers are Arizona kids just like my son, we’ve educated them in our schools since they were children, and they now have a lot to offer our great state. This should not be a partisan issue," she told a group of reporters and proposition supporters in...

A battle is emerging in the state of Arizona as former local TV news anchor Kari Lake and former Board of Regents member Karrin Taylor Robson fight to become the Republican nominee for governor. With Robson announcing former Vice President Mike Pence’s support for her campaign on Monday, the Arizona Republican primary became the second statewide proxy competition between Pence and former President Donald Trump.

Former Republican governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer, told the New York Times for a profile of Kari Lake, published Wednesday, she could only support Lake if she backtracked on claims of election fraud.Lake, the Trump-backed, hard-right GOP candidate for governor of Arizona, has stirred controversy both at home and nationally in recent months for her attacks on late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), allegations of rigged elections (including her own primary which she won), and vows to “fire the federal government” if she wins in November.Brewer, who supported Karrin Taylor Robson in the GOP primary over Lake, described Lake’s primary campaign...

How much was former President Donald Trump’s endorsement, plus 27 years as a television news anchor, worth to Kari Lake in her successful bid for the Republican nomination for governor of Arizona? Millions.Lake bested wealthy businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson 47.9% to 43.2% in the Arizona GOP gubernatorial primary despite being outspent 18 to 1 on radio and broadcast and cable television. Lake spent just shy of $827,000 on the air, according to the most recently available figures, while Taylor Robson blanketed the airwaves with $15.3 million in campaign advertising. Lake also got clobbered by Taylor Robson on total spending, $18.4...

(CNN) Republicans in Arizona have chosen Kari Lake, the former television journalist … Lake, who was endorsed by Trump, will defeat Karrin Taylor Robson, a former member of the state Board of Regents and the establishment GOP favorite, who was supported by outgoing Gov. Doug Ducey and former Vice President Mike Pence.

Now up 19,641 votes 90% in

Decision Desk HQ projects Kari Lake ( @KariLake ) is the winner of the Republican nomination for Governor in Arizona. Race call: 9:52 eastern

We have moved on to planning and strategizing for the general at @KariLake HQ.The only ones pretending this race isn't over is our corrupt media, desperate to keep the @AZGOP weak & divided.We will not play along.All of our energy is focused on defeating @katiehobbs.— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) August 4, 2022

LAST YEAR, Kari Lake, a news anchor at Fox 10, a local TV station in Phoenix, announced in a video posted to social media that, following a period of leave, she had made the difficult decision to quit journalism. “Sadly, journalism has changed a lot since I first stepped into a newsroom, and I’ll be honest—I don’t like the direction it’s going,” Lake said. “I found myself reading news copy that I didn’t believe was fully truthful, or only told part of the story, and I began to fear that I was contributing to the fear and division in this...

I went to bed early, before the returns from Arizona began streaming in, then woke up this morning and began scrolling my Twitter feed in chronological order. My eyes popped when I saw this:Robson by eight?! With three-quarters of the state reporting? Sweet fancy Moses. The polls had Kari Lake winning by double digits! Even the very best recent poll for Robson had her ahead by just one point.

We are confident that the outstanding votes left to be counted will favor @KariLakeWe know what the outcome is.@KariLake is the @AZGOP nominee for Governor.Why is the #FakeNews media afraid to call the race?Some of them seemed very eager to call Arizona back in 2020.— Kari Lake War Room (@KariLakeWarRoom) August 3, 2022

Kari Lake has overtaken Karrin Taylor Robson in the fiercely contested Arizona GOP primary for governor, with more than three-quarters of the votes declared. As of 1 a.m. on Wednesday (Mountain Standard Time), Lake was narrowly ahead of Robson by 45.4 to 45.1 percentage points, with 76 percent of votes accounted for, according to The New York Times live tracker. Lake went into the lead early on Wednesday, having being trailing for much of the time since the polls opened on Tuesday, August 2. She was behind by nine points at around the midway stage of the count.

VIDEOPoll after poll after poll has shown that Kari Lake leading Karrin Taylor Robson by wide margins in the Arizona gubernatorial primary race yet ONE recent very outlier Emerson College poll has Robson leading by a point. Politico immediately jumped on that outlier poll and hyped it to the exclusion of all the others contrasting sharply with it. Hmmmm..... And how do you think this could be? Can you solve the "mystery?"

Former President Donald Trump and his estranged vice president, Mike Pence, are holding rival campaign events in Arizona on Friday, turning the governor’s race into a broader referendum on the Republican Party’s future. Pence talked up the successes of what he called the Trump-Pence administration but did not directly address his growing feud with the former president as he urged voters to support Karrin Taylor Robson for governor. If you elect Robson, Pence said, “you can send a deafening message heard all across America that the Republican Party is the party of the future.” The remark appeared to be an...

Pence and Trump, who are considering 2024 presidential runs, will both campaign in Arizona on Friday PHOENIX — Former vice president Mike Pence is endorsing Arizona gubernatorial candidate Karrin Taylor Robson, a developer who has long been involved in Republican politics, instead of former president Donald Trump’s chosen candidate, Kari Lake, a former TV anchor who continues to falsely claim that the 2020 election was “stolen.” (Snip) Taylor Robson praised Pence’s conservative credentials and said she wants to lead as he has. “Modern politics is full of charlatans and fakes, but Vice President Pence is the genuine article,” she said...

Trump-Endorsed Arizona Gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake pulverized her primary opponent, RINO billionaire wife Karrin Taylor Robson, while celebrating the first anniversary of her campaign launch on Wednesday, June 1. Lake has previously called out Karrin’s terrible liberal record of support for transgender restrooms, abortion, and gun control, her anti-America comments, and her affiliations with the Arizona swamp. Because of this and many other reasons, Karrin Taylor Robson refuses to defend her positions in a debate Lake.It doesn’t matter how much of her husband’s money she spends — Arizona does not want another Open-Borders, Globalist RINO. Sorry, Karrin! pic.twitter.com/YNoF4rZOsh— Kari Lake...

PHOENIX - Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2022 while denouncing the Republican-controlled state Senate’s ongoing audit of the 2020 presidential election. Hobbs said in a statement she was running for governor "to deliver transparency, accountability, and results for Arizonans" and would work as governor to "put aside our differences and work to solve the serious problems facing Arizona." The Arizona Senate’s audit of election results in Maricopa County was launched as supporters of former President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that the election was stolen, giving President Joe Biden...

State Treasurer Kimberly Yee is hoping to ride the same political path as the current governor. In a video release Monday, Yee announced she wants to be the Republican nominee for the state’s top executive post in 2022. But Yee, the first Asian-American elected to Arizona statewide office, provided little in the way of actual details of what she intends to do. Instead, her video twice mentioned her loyalty to Donald Trump and his border and economic policies and lashed out at, among others, the “corrupt press” which is attacking our way of life.

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -- Arizona Board of Regents member Karrin Taylor Robson says she's running for Arizona governor in 2022. The announcement came just hours after Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced her plans to run. Both Robson and Yee are Republicans. Robson made her announcement in a video posted Monday. "Karrin advocates for building and sustaining a dynamic and diverse economy, protecting property rights, creating value in real estate, developing a world-class education system with options for all types of learners, fostering civic engagement, and supporting the men and women who serve in our military. She has dedicated her...