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Longtime television broadcaster Kari Lake is leading Arizona's Republican primary for governor, according to a new poll. This week, a poll from Alloy Analytics found Lake at the top of the field with 37 percent support from likely GOP primary voters. Lake, who was endorsed by Donald Trump last year, was ahead of the second-place candidate by 22 percentage points. Karrin Taylor Robson trailed Lake, garnering 15 percent support from respondents. Matt Salmon and Steve Gaynor were in third and fourth place respectively, each with under 10 percent support in the poll.

*** In a field of big names with tenuous connections to the Keystone State, Bartos calls himself “a lifelong Pennsylvanian” with pride. He’s fairly quick to criticize several of his higher profile opponents as “political tourists who have parachuted into Pennsylvania.” “While I’ve been fighting for Pennsylvania, they’ve been fighting each other.” His roots in the state gave the Bartos campaign an early leg-up in February when he won a series of regional straw polls by Republican committee members. A RealClear Politics poll released earlier this month showed Bartos fourth in the field of seven, with businessman and former George...

Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on Tuesday announced his exit from Congress, notching up a 40-percent exit rate among House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump. Just before announcing his retirement, Upton noted in a campaign email on Tuesday “very positive” poll numbers in his primary race against Trump-endorsed Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI). Both Huizenga and Upton were running for the same seat due to state redistricting. “My district was cut like Zorro — three different ways,” Upton told reporters. “So I’ve been here 36 years. When I first ran, I thought I’d be here 10.” Upton was first elected...

Republican Herschel Walker holds a narrow lead over incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) in a hypothetical matchup in the race for U.S. Senate in Georgia, according to a poll published Wednesday. The poll, taken by Emerson College Polling and the Hill from April 1 to 3, found Walker with a four-point edge over Warnock. Walker received 49 percent support compared to Warnock’s 45 percent support, while six percent of respondents said they were undecided on a candidate. The poll was conducted among 1,013 registered voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus three percent. Walker, a...