The state is among a handful of Democratic seats that Republicans are targeting.
Republican candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake gestures as she attends a midterm elections night rally in Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2022.Republican Kari Lake, a popular former local news anchor, self-described "MAGA Mama Bear" and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump,at a rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Tuesday night, nearly a year after losing the state's gubernatorial race -- a defeat she still refuses to concede.
In announcing his own Senate bid earlier this year, Gallego said, in part, "I'm running for the U.S. Senate because the rich and the powerful don't need any more advocates in Washington -- but families who can't afford groceries do." Lake also had meetings with Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and was spotted walking across the Capitol with Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the third-ranking member in the Senate Republican leadership.Democrats, meanwhile, argue Lake is a losing candidate with Michigan's Gary Peters, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair, calling her bid "Senate Republicans' worst nightmare.
Mark Lamb, Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona, and Robert J. Trenschel, CEO of Yuma Regional Medical Center, testify during a House Homeland Security Committee about the U.S-Mexico border on Capitol Hill February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC.Rick Gorka, an adviser to Lamb's campaign, likened Lake to "Arizona's version of Stacey Abrams," referring to another high-profile but unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate -- in Georgia.
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