Republicans Harbor “Deep Concern” About “Grifter” Kari Lake’s Candidacy

Fox News: “Republicans Worry Kari Lake…Will Lose Arizona Senate Race”

After news broke last week that failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake will launch her campaign for Senate on October 10th, Republicans are harboring “deep concern[s],” “fear[ing] they may blow it again” because “her hard-right views are not palatable to the Arizona electorate at large.”

What to know about Senate Republicans’ “deep concern” about Lake’s candidacy:

• The Washington Post: “There is deep concern about Lake’s viability in a general election, national Republican operatives said, given her recent statewide loss, continued focus on false election fraud claims and her unfavorable ratings”
  

• Arizona Republic: Can Kari Lake win Arizona’s Senate race? ‘It’s a real question mark’. “Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and NRSC chair, sidestepped the issue of helping Lake […] National Republicans remain skeptical of Lake’s candidacy […] ‘If Kari Lake is the Republican nominee, there are definitely Republicans in D.C. that are not going to be motivated to help her.’”
  

• Arizona Republic: “Former Yuma County GOP Chair Phil Townsend, who endorsed Lake in the 2022 election…feels that Lake has taken the party ‘in a direction that I’m not comfortable with.’ […] ‘I think she’s proven herself to be a grifter and a sore loser, and I’m not going to be able to support her.’”
  

• The Washington Examiner: “A Republican strategist based in Washington who requested anonymity to speak candidly said ‘If she runs, Republicans lose. It’s that simple.’”
  
  
• POLITICO: Arizona Republicans fear they may blow it again.
  
  
• Fox News: “Republicans worry Kari Lake…will lose Arizona Senate race.”
  
  
• Wall Street Journal: Kari Lake Is Considering Senate Run, Making Some Republicans Nervous.
  

• National Journal: “Her hard-right views are not palatable to the Arizona electorate at large, as evidenced by her losing gubernatorial bid.”

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