He’s seen enough: Dave Wasserman of The Cook Political Report declared early Friday that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) defeated his Trump-backed Republican challenger Blake Masters in Arizona’s key U.S. Senate race. …
The Democratic victory diminishes Republicans’ chances of retaking the 50-50 Senate, which Democrats control by virtue of holding the vice presidency. Two other Senate races have yet to be decided. Georgia’s election is headed to a runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Herschel Walker (R-GA) in December. Meanwhile, Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) slightly trails Adam Laxalt (R-NV) in Nevada, though thousands of votes have yet to be counted.
Masters, a venture capitalist, was boosted in the GOP primary by former Silicon Valley insider and tech billionaire Peter Thiel, who poured over 15 million dollars into the race. Masters sparked a series of controversies during the campaign as past comments surfaced suggesting Jan. 6 was a false flag operation, among other dubious claims.
Masters also worked to shift toward the center during the general election[.]
(via Off the Record)
[I’m not surprised. The gap was too large even if the ballot splits in what remained to be counted were as friendly as Masters kept claiming. Lake seems to be falling further behind Hobbs as well. — Ed]
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