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Kari Lake in ‘Driver’s Seat’ in Arizona GOP Senate Race
a shadow over her candidacy. Lake continues to be among names
floated as a running mate for former President Donald Trump, for whom she has campaigned in Iowa and New Hampshire while seeking office at home.
“The Republican primary isn’t until
Aug. 6, and its outcome is unclear,” says Pullen. “I won’t even bother to say who’s favored in November.” His assessment is echoed by a Jan-
uary survey from the Democrat-lean- ing Public Policy Polling that showed a neck-and-neck race with Lake at 46% and Democrat Rep. Ruben Gal- lego at 45% in a two-way challenge. The contest remained just as tight
in a three-way matchup including Sinema. Gallego would edge Lake 36% to 35%. Sinema had only 17%.
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But November is shaping up to be a nail-biter as mystery surrounds incumbent Kyrsten Sinema. BY JOHN GIZZI
he u.s. senate race in ari- zona is suddenly shaping up to be one of this year’s biggest political puzzles —
and potentially the nation’s most- watched contest after the battle for the White House. “The Senate race here is unpre- dictable,” former Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen tells Newsmax. “No one knows whether the incum-
bent, Kyrsten Sinema, who ditched the Democratic Party to become an independent, will run for reelection.” Kari Lake, who narrowly lost the
state’s gubernatorial race in 2022, is the front-runner for the Republi- can nomination, well ahead of Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb.
GALLEGO LAKE But a recent incident in which
Lake used a hidden wire to record State GOP Chair Jeff DeWit has cast
FAVORABILITY IN A THREE- WAY NOVEMBER RACE
36% 35% 17%
WHAT WILL SINEMA DO? In October of 2021, AFL-CIO Presi- dent Liz Shuler left jaws hanging at a press breakfast of the Christian Sci- ence Monitor when she did not rule out supporting a primary challenge from the left to Sinema. The Arizonan’s mortal sin, said
Shuler, was not supporting an end to the Senate filibuster — the same posi- tion President Joe Biden takes. Asked whether unions should sup-
port a primary challenge from Gallego, Shuler replied: “I think those discus- sions will be happening in states like Arizona . . . There’s a lot of live conver- sations happening there, and we’ll keep on doing it.” They did. Five-term House mem-
SINEMA
ber Gallego, who endorsed ending the filibuster without hesitation, announced for the Senate, outraising Sinema, who — seeing the handwrit- ing on the wall — switched to inde- pendent in December 2022. “But she never said whether she
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