Arizona republican candidate for governor Kari Lake greets the viewers throughout a cease on the Truth and Courage PAC’s Take Back America Bus Tour with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), forward of the midterm elections, at San Tan Flat in Queen Creek, Arizona, U.S., October 5, 2022.
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Kari Lake, the Donald Trump acolyte who unsuccessfully ran for Arizona governor in 2022, will launch a candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on October 10.
The Arizona contest, in which Sen. Krysten Sinema is predicted to search re-election, may decide by a three-way race which party controls the Senate.
Lake, who narrowly misplaced the governor’s contest, like Trump continues to deny her defeat was authentic.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Lake’s plan to announce her bid for the nomination. A supply shut to her later confirmed that plan to NBC News.
Democrats at present maintain a majority in the Senate by a margin of only one vote, thanks to three independents who caucus with them.
Sinema is one of these independents, having dropped her affiliation as a Democrat in December.
Rep. Ruben Gallego because the possible Democratic nominee for Sinema’s seat.
Speaking on the Conservative Political Action Conference in March, Lake stated, “I’m not simply essentially the most harmful politician in America — I’m essentially the most harmful politician in the world as a result of we aren’t going to let these individuals win.”