The Hill: Republicans go scorched-earth in Arizona Senate primary
KTAR: Arizona’s GOP US Senate debate gets heated between Blake Masters, Jim Lamon
With two weeks to go until Arizona’s Senate primary, Republicans have gone “scorched-earth” – the race has become “one of the most expensive” as “the ads have increasingly turned negative”; the candidates “began throwing jabs in the opening minutes” of a recent debate; and Masters and Lamon have faced a wave of brutal headlines highlighting everything from their fringe views to their ties to China.
Here’s what you need to know two weeks out:
1. NASTY & EXPENSIVE AD WARS. As the primary enters its final weeks, “the ads have increasingly turned negative” and have turned the intra-party brawl into “one of the most expensive primary campaigns of this cycle.”
2. BRUTAL HEADLINES FOR MASTERS, LAMON.
Blake Masters has faced scrutiny for his fringe views – including writings where he “lamented the entry of the United States into the First and Second World Wars [and] approvingly quoted a Nazi war criminal,” statements blaming gun violence on Black people, support for a national abortion ban and allowing states to ban contraception, backing a plan to privatize Social Security and more:
Jim Lamon accepted “billions of dollars in federal help throughout his career” while criticizing government spending and laying off workers, he’s faced criticism for his business ties to the Chinese government, he has “supported a ban on abortion even in cases of rape or incest,” and also wants to privatize Social Security.
3. ATTACKS FLY ON THE DEBATE STAGE. Arizona GOP Senate candidates “faced off in a tense debate Wednesday night” as Masters and Lamon “began throwing jabs in the opening minutes” and “exchanged sharp words throughout the hour-long debate”
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