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GOP leaders warn Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters to raise more money — or risk losing to Democrat Mark Kelly (see article one post up)
msn.com ^ | 8/26/22 | Brian Schwartz

Posted on 08/27/2022 8:21:01 AM PDT by cotton1706

Republican leaders and megadonors are warning Arizona GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters to improve his fundraising or else be doomed in his bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in November's election, according to people familiar with the matter.

Masters has received urgent private calls in recent weeks from GOP leaders like Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, these people explained. The NRSC is the official campaign arm for the Senate GOP, and has spent over $6 million taking on Masters' rival Kelly, according to data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.

Kelly's seat has long been considered a potential pickup opportunity for Republicans, as forecaster Cook Political Report labels the race a toss-up. Recent polling, however, suggests that Masters is falling behind. A Fox News poll taken in August shows Kelly leading Masters by 8 points, while an Arizona Republican pollster told NBC News that his own surveys showed Masters trailing Kelly by 10 points.

Longtime GOP megadonors, who want to help Masters overtake Kelly but have not heard from him since he won the party's primary, have inundated the Republican candidate with calls, these people explained.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: arizona; blakemasters; brianschwartz; concerntroll; concerntrolls; elections; electionz; electionzzz; elekchunz; faux; fauxnews; florida; kelly; markkelly; masters; msn; panicporn; rickscott
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This is the game they play.

If only the people of Arizona had nominated THEIR preferred candidate - then they'd spare no expense!

Of course their previous preferred candidate, Martha McSally, went down in flames - TWICE!

1 posted on 08/27/2022 8:21:01 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Repeal the 17th! This crap goes away.


2 posted on 08/27/2022 8:23:32 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: cotton1706

Longtime GOP megadonors, who want to help Masters overtake Kelly but have not heard from him since he won the party’s primary, have inundated the Republican candidate with calls, these people explained.

Translation: The corrupt elites want favors in exchange for pledging campaign cash. Public be damned.


3 posted on 08/27/2022 8:26:13 AM PDT by Flick Lives (FJB and the corrupt FBI)
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To: cotton1706

Here’s the problem with your theory; “Longtime GOP megadonors, who want to help Masters overtake Kelly but have not heard from him since he won the party’s primary, have inundated the Republican candidate with calls, these people explained.”

If this is in fact true, is Masters in it to win??


4 posted on 08/27/2022 8:28:17 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: cotton1706

President Trump please pick up the white courtesy phone.


5 posted on 08/27/2022 8:36:23 AM PDT by samadams2000
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To: cotton1706
So whatever happened to this, from less than 1 week ago?

An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives

Why should someone who doesn't want to be just another Mitch Bitch (as Masters presumably does not) need to worry about the lack of funds from the liberal GOP establishment money and liberal corporate megadonors, when there are other better alternatives?

6 posted on 08/27/2022 8:36:55 AM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: God luvs America
"If this is in fact true..."

I think you've found the problem.

I'm sure MSN would know all about what Republican corporate megadonors are thinking, and would report such information honestly and with no agenda other than simply reporting the unbiased facts.

7 posted on 08/27/2022 8:40:21 AM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: cotton1706

The November “red wave” is turning into a yellow tinkle and the America taxpayers are a lot worse off for it. Watch what happens to a gallon of gas on 9 Nov 2022. Talk about sticker shock! Jo Jo the Pedophile Clown wants to start a new National Park in Colorado. To the infamous *81 million Banana Republic election thieves”, I’d like to say, Good job #%!HOLES!


8 posted on 08/27/2022 8:41:28 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I always thought a Merry Garland was a Christmas tree decoration.)
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To: cotton1706

The DC gangsters want their cut if he intends to “join the club”


9 posted on 08/27/2022 8:44:21 AM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: God luvs America
Masters has gone soft. Now I'm wondering if Jim Lamon should've been the preferred candidate.

Kelly is all over the air waves painting a picture of
how he is helping Arizonans fight high gas prices, inflation, the border crisis.

Wearing his Navy shirt and lying his ass off.
And where is Blake Masters? Quiet as a mouse.

10 posted on 08/27/2022 8:53:08 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: PermaRag; Tommy Revolts

See post #10

Tommy Revolts seems to be on the ground in Az


11 posted on 08/27/2022 9:00:49 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Tommy Revolts

Where is Trump? He pushed Masters and needs to follow through.


12 posted on 08/27/2022 9:05:41 AM PDT by nbenyo
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To: Tommy Revolts

The point that Masters needs to make is really simple.

He’s FROM Arizona, actually understands what people want/think, and Kelly’s a damn carpetbagger from Joisey.

He may be conserving cash until October, which in his position makes sense. Especially now that it’s obvious that McConnell is trying to screw him. But he doesn’t need much: just paint Kelly for what he really is: a remote, out of state, out of touch opportunist who probably couldn’t find Redington Pass on a map, much less know what people do there.


13 posted on 08/27/2022 9:07:03 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: nbenyo

Busy fighting an FBI rebellion


14 posted on 08/27/2022 9:07:27 AM PDT by Regulator (It's fraud, Jim)
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To: rarestia

Yeah. Let the politicians nominate them. Thats a great idea. Who needs to vote at all?


15 posted on 08/27/2022 9:08:42 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Tommy Revolts

“And where is Blake Masters? Quiet as a mouse.”

Ah, the J.D. Vance strategy.


16 posted on 08/27/2022 9:08:52 AM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: rarestia
You Article V, repeal the 17th are as brain dead as the former Fairtax stooges.

At least the Fairtax had actual legislation to define their idiocy.

All you lunatics have is: "Repeal the 17th! This crap goes away". That's your pitch. Even Kamala Harris could come up with something that makes more sense.

"Repeal the 17th! This crap goes away". Then what? Send everyone home, close and lock the doors to the Senate Chamber.

The state legislators will take us out of the nastiness of donations etc., then sell the seats to the highest bidders from their like minded good ol boy network to further their SOROS agenda.

Surely this ragtag movement can be traced back to SOROS...

17 posted on 08/27/2022 9:27:02 AM PDT by lewislynn (Trump accomplished more in one term than any other President in your lifetime.)
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To: cotton1706

He just came out yesterday completely changing his position on abortion. What will he change next?


18 posted on 08/27/2022 9:35:35 AM PDT by Lower Deck ( )
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To: lewislynn

Perhaps you could not resort to ad hominem attacks and provide a counter point to the idea of repealing the 17th. Seems like you’re just a bully.


19 posted on 08/27/2022 9:36:11 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: Luke21

Umm... maybe do some research on how senators were selected prior to the 17th amendment instead of proving your ignorance?


20 posted on 08/27/2022 9:36:58 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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