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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.

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...

Maricopa County Elections Department @MaricopaVote Unofficial results are updated and 715,949 ballots have been counted. We still have to count the rest of the verified early ballots dropped off on Election Day, verified provisional ballots, & write-in candidates. We'll post more results Thursday after 7pm http://Results.Maricopa.Vote 9:02 PM · Aug 3, 2022

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...