Former NFL star Herschel Walker, Trump’s handpicked nominee, has been embattled in a number of problematic personal scandals, including the discovery of three children he told staff he did not have and lying about working in law enforcement. Walker also openly espouses conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election, COVID-19 and evolution.
As a result, Walker is underperforming Georgia’s G.O.P. gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp by roughly four points in public polling. Though Georgia is one of the redder swing states, both FiveThirtyEight and The Cook Political Report rate Walker’s race against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock as a toss-up.
In Arizona, another purple state, Trump-backed venture capitalist Blake Masters will likely be the Republican candidate facing incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who FiveThirtyEight gives a slight edge in their forecast.
Masters is one of the most politically extreme GOP Senate candidates in a swing state. He is a staunch proponent of far-right conspiracy theories, including Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ about the 2020 election and the anti-immigrant Great Replacement Theory. He is also anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion and anti-American aid to Ukraine, placing him well out of the mainstream.
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