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After far-right Rep. Debbie Lesko announced she won’t run for re-election in Arizona's solidly conservative 8th District next year, the primary to take her place has quickly become a competition to see who better embodies former President Donald Trump’s conspiratorial ID. It appears there’s a “Mr.
pageant underway, involving two contestants who’ve garnered right-wing praise for portraying themselves as Trump’s political facsimiles. And the competition is causing some interesting divisions in the conservative movement. The two contestants with the most name recognition are Blake Masters and Abe Hamadeh. Hamadeh is the failed Arizona secretary of state candidate who’s yet to concede, despite having lost to a Democrat in last year’s midterms.
mudslinging afoot. Hamadeh and his press team have been on the attack against Masters over the fact Masters doesn’t live in the district. Citing public records, Business Insider reported that Masters lives in Tucson, nearly 200 miles from District 8. The report also cited records that show Hamadeh lives outside the district, too — though not quite as far. As best as I can tell, Masters doesn't yet seem to have taken the bait and attacked Hamadeh in response.
pageant to get uglier.
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