Veteran AZ GOP strategist: “It’s a minefield”
New reporting from Roll Call details how the candidates in Arizona’s GOP Senate primary are walking a “Trump tightrope” as the former president heads to Phoenix for a rally this weekend.
The four Republican candidates are all “embracing Trump’s policies but aren’t mentioning Trump by name” — pandering to the former president and embracing the controversial Maricopa County audit while conspicuously omitting Trump’s name from their launch videos and campaign websites.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Roll Call: Senate candidates walk Trump tightrope as he returns to Arizona
By Bridget Bowman
July 22, 2021
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See also: CNN: 2020 election becomes early dividing line for Republicans in crucial 2022 Senate race in Arizona; POLITICO: Thiel ally’s entrance kicks off protracted GOP Senate fight in Arizona.
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