BLAKE MASTERS

The former candidate for governor is inching closer to deciding to run for Senate, and her expected candidacy has frozen the Arizona GOP field

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he’ll challenge independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in 2024.

Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a runoff election in Georgia.

A new set of advisers is focused on presenting a diverse face for the party — as the autopsy a decade ago recommended.

The lackluster fundraising allowed Democrats to get their message out to voters early and unchallenged, while GOP contenders lacked the resources to do the same. In Arizona, Masters was outraised nearly 8-to-1 by Kelly, who poured at least $32 million into TV advertising from August until Election Day, records show. That same advantage doesn't apply to super PACs, which Republican candidates relied on to close their fundraising gap — often at a premium. In Las Vegas, for example, a candidate could buy a unit of TV advertising for $598, according to advertising figures provided to the AP. In an at-times heated Senate GOP lunch at the Capitol last week, Maine Sen. Susan Collins questioned Scott's management of the NRSC.

Republicans are engaged in a round of finger-pointing as both parties sift through the results of Democrats’ stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.

Trailing badly in his Arizona Senate race as votes poured in, Republican Blake Masters went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program and assigned blame to one person: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Masters not only lost his race against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly.

Republicans have won control of the U.S. House.

President Joe Biden tried to shape the midterm elections not as a verdict on his time in office, but rather on the contrast between Democrats and Republicans on American democracy.

Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor, however, had not conceded a day after The Associated Press called the race for Democrat Katie Hobbs. A Democrat was also elected secretary of state this year and the race for attorney general was extremely close. Mark Finchem, who lost the secretary of state race to Democrat Adrian Fontes, has spent days spreading Q-Anon memes and conspiracy theories alleging the contest was stolen from him. Sixty-four percent of Hobbs voters were that confident, compared with only 12% of voters backing Lake. “In this election, Arizonans chose solving our problems over conspiracy theories," Hobbs told supporters in a victory speech Monday.

Republican Blake Masters called Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly to concede in the Arizona Senate race.

Democrat Mark Kelly's narrow victory in the contentious Arizona Senate race can be attributed to support from Hispanic voters, among other pivotal voting groups.

Officials in Arizona’s most populous county have aggressively batted down rumors and slanted and false claims as vote counting has come under intense scrutiny in the battleground state.

As the aftermath of the 2020 election showed, the period between when polls close and results are announced can be a dangerous time for election officials, who are forced to battle unfounded fraud allegations.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs is maintaining her lead over GOP candidate Kari Lake in the latest round of ballots reported from Maricopa County.

PHOENIX — (AP) — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly urged Arizonans to let go of "conspiracies of the past" on Saturday, calling for unity a day after he won re-election to a crucial Senate seat. Kelly pressed to move past the false claims of a fraudulent election have shaped the state's politics for the past two years. Kelly was elected in a special election two years ago to finish McCain's term. “If, at the end, Senator Kelly has more of them than I do, then I will congratulate him on a hard-fought victory,” Masters said. “At Maricopa County, we follow the laws as they are written.”The closely watched race for governor between Democrat Katie Hobbs and Republican Kari Lake was too early to call Saturday.

The Associated Press has not yet called the governor's race in Arizona between Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Republican former TV broadcaster Kari Lake.

The release of ballots on Saturday from Arizona’s largest county netted Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake a few thousand votes, but she’s still trailing Democrat Katie Hobbs by tens of thousands of ballots.

Democratic candidate Adrian Fontes has defeated Republican state Rep. Mark Finchem, a 2020 election skeptic, to become Arizona's secretary of state.

The former president's online rant packed significantly less of a punch because of a hilariously misspelled word.

After Democrat Mark Kelly was named the winner in the Arizona Senate race, Trump cries "scam and voter fraud."

The Republican challenger was significantly outpacing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly only in a small number of vote batches coming in from Maricopa County; in nearly all other cases, Kelly had a slight or substantial edge. That’s what led AP to call the race for Kelly after Maricopa County released another batch of 80,000 votes late Friday. Now elected to his first full term, Kelly has been one of the most successful Democrats to run statewide in Arizona. Arizona has a long political history of voting Republican, but changing demographics have made the state friendlier to Democrats. The AP has not made a call in Arizona's governor's race between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Katie Hobbs.

Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released days later by officials in Arizona’s biggest county.

Incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, who was elected in 2020 to finish the late Sen. John McCain's term, defeated his Republican challenger Blake Masters in Arizona.

In bid for continued Senate majority, Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly wins re-election over Trump-backed Republican candidate Blake Masters.

With half a million ballots remaining to be counted on Friday, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters would need to win more than 60% of them to defeat Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly. Republicans, who are convinced the remaining ballots strongly favor them, have been pressuring election officials in Maricopa County, which includes the majority of Arizona voters, to speed up the count. County officials have said they were inundated with far more early ballots dropped off on Election Day than they’ve ever before had to process. Together, the state’s two urban counties account for 90% of the remaining ballots, according to data from the secretary of state. Democrats think it's possible that the remaining ballots in Arizona are much less favorable to the GOP and will allow some or all of their candidates to maintain their leads.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly has won his bid for reelection in the crucial swing state of Arizona.

Sen. Mark Kelly ended Thursday with a lead over Republican Blake Masters. At least one national analyst says the Arizona race is effectively over.

Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting votes for the 2022 midterm elections continued into the weekend.

Former President Donald Trump has taken some hits in the aftermath of the midterm elections, perhaps none as hard as those from outlets controlled by news magnate Rupert Murdoch.

Democrats are holding on to narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call.

Margins between Democrats and Republicans narrowed considerably Wednesday in key Arizona races.

Senator Mark Kelly's lead over Republican Blake Masters fell markedly as Arizona's Election Day ballots continued to be counted.

The biggest winner of the midterm elections was Ron DeSantis. The biggest loser was Donald Trump.

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly led his Republican rival, venture capitalist Blake Masters, but the race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate was too early to call.

A printing malfunction at about one-quarter of the polling places across Arizona’s most populous county slowed down voting Tuesday.

"I'm not going to vote for a single thing — not a single continuing resolution, not a single appointee," Masters said during an interview on Tuesday.

Arizonans in several cities shared which candidate they were supporting in the Senate race ahead of midterm elections: Sen. Mark Kelly or Blake Masters.

All 50 states are hosting midterm elections that will determine the balance of power in Washington and state capitals across the nation.

The turnout machine that left-leaning Latino activists have built since Arizona enacted a tough crackdown on immigrants will be put to the test in Tuesday's election.

The warning Wednesday in Phoenix illustrates alarm about voters putting a slate of election deniers in charge of the state’s elections.

Mark Kelly is still expected to win, but if he doesn't, can Democrats make peace with Kyrsten Sinema and hold onto their remaining U.S. Senate seat?

Arizona GOP Senate hopeful Blake Masters joined "Fox & Friends" to react to the libertarian candidate backing his campaign and slams Mark Kelly for his 'radical' voting record.

One week from Election Day, Arizona's gubernatorial and Senate races are tossups, according to the latest Fox News poll.

PHOENIX — (AP) — The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate from Arizona, Marc Victor, dropped out of the race Tuesday and urged his supporters to vote for Republican Blake Masters. Victor's endorsement a week before the midterm elections could help Masters further narrow the gap with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the country. The endorsement came after overtures to Victor from Masters campaign aides and after Masters persuaded Victor in a phone conversation to back him. “After that discussion, I believe it is in the best interests of freedom and peace to withdraw my candidacy and enthusiastically support Blake Masters for United States Senate,” Victor said in a statement released by the Masters campaign. He was critical of both Masters and Kelly during the race's only televised debate.

The Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate from Arizona, Marc Victor, dropped out of the race Tuesday and urged his supporters to vote for Republican Blake Masters.

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Republicans are increasingly confident in Senate candidates who party leaders had once believed were essentially unelectable or at least seriously flawed.

Communities around California's shrinking Salton Sea are at the center of the latest spat between Arizona and California over how to conserve Colorado River water.

Tucker Carlson, Peter Thiel, Blake Masters and J.D. Vance are the core of a new, right-wing force in politics.

Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections.

As political season approaches you've probably heard "I approve this message." But why do candidates have to say that?

Blake Masters is only the latest politician to settle on hand-wavy claims about the 2020 election in lieu of leaning into more-immediately debunked fraud claims.

During an Arizona Senate debate, Masters gave a useful demonstration of how false claims are packaged for different audiences.

Democrat Mark Kelly and Republican Blake Masters, the frontrunners in the Arizona Senate race, participated in a debate in Phoenix Thursday, alongside Libertarian nominee Marc Victor.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Republican candidate Blake Masters offered viewers on Thursday night perhaps the only opportunity this fall to see both candidates side-by-side as they squared off in a televised debate hosted by Arizona PBS. Kelly emphasized his ability to work across the aisle with Republicans while also standing up to members of…

“Two years ago Mark Kelly stood right there and he promised to be independent,” Masters said in his opening statement, calling Kelly a reliable vote for Biden’s agenda. Masters, an ally and protégé of billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, endeared himself to many GOP primary voters with his penchant for provocation and contrarian thinking. Donald Trump endorsed Masters two months before the primary, citing Masters' strident support of the former president's lies about a stolen 2020 election. He now says he wants to protect Social Security for older and middle-aged workers while creating a private investment option for younger workers. Masters met Thiel when Masters took a class that the billionaire taught at Stanford University.

PHOENIX — (AP) — Republican Blake Masters has a much-needed chance Thursday night to reset his Arizona Senate race against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the campaign's only televised debate. Masters, an ally and protégé of billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, endeared himself to many GOP primary voters with his penchant for provocation and contrarian thinking. Donald Trump endorsed Masters two months before the primary, citing Masters' strident support of the former president's lies about a stolen 2020 election. He now says he wants to protect Social Security for older and middle-aged workers while creating a private investment option for younger workers. Masters met Thiel when Masters took a class that the billionaire taught at Stanford University.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly distanced himself from President Joe Biden during his first and only debate against Republican Blake Masters on Thursday.

Voters want emphasis on these issues, not 2020. Arizona governor's race is deadlocked.

After a year of calling for abortion to be outlawed, Kari Lake now says there are times abortion should be "rare and legal"

GOP megadonor Peter Thiel is signaling he wants to help Arizona Senate hopeful Blake Masters down the stretch of the 2022 midterms and not Ohio's J.D. Vance.

The Arizona races are tightening as November approaches. In the Senate race and gubernatorial race, the Democrat's lead is shrinking against the challenger.

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters lambasted his opponent and incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly's handling of the southern border crisis on "Hannity."

A new AARP poll shows Arizona Republicans trailing in the state's Senate and gubernatorial races ahead of November's general election.

The cuts are another blow to a GOP candidate who has been significantly outraised by his Democratic opponent and outmatched on the airwaves.

The invite lists Thiel as the host for the Masters campaign event and says the gathering is set to take place on Sept. 30 at his $5 million home in Los Angeles.

Several Republican candidates running in this year's midterm elections who agreed with the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade do not support a federal abortion law.

“National Republicans, from Mike Pence to leaders in the Senate and House, have waited years for the chance to ban abortion nationwide. "I would love a total abortion ban — 15 weeks is not enough," Kirk said. In Indiana, a new Republican-backed abortion ban takes effect Thursday. West Virginia's legislature approved a sweeping abortion ban with few exceptions Tuesday. And in Wisconsin, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, who faces a tough reelection bid, has previously co-sponsored six 20-week national abortion ban proposals.

Republican candidates have given wildly differing responses to South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s plan to ban abortion nationwide at 15 weeks.

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters sounded off on President Biden and Democrats' dealings on inflation and the state of the economy on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

Graham has been planning for some time to introduce a 15-week abortion ban.

Blake Masters, with his provocative statements and problematic positions, throws a lifeline to Democrat Mark Kelly.

President Biden will target extremists in the Republican Party in a prime-time address as Democrats battle to hold their majorities in Congress in the November midterm elections.

The Senate minority leader and the billionaire venture capitalist each say the other should be subsidizing Blake Masters in the final months of his campaign.

Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters says he hopes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will back his close campaign in Arizona.

The race for Arizona Senate doesn't fit easily into the Donald Trump vs.

A half-dozen mainstream Republican Senate candidates are drawing on the white “replacement" conspiracy theory to court voters this campaign season.