All posts tagged "Mark Lamb"

A Trump-backed Republican and former county sheriff has been accused of sexting women outside of his marriage and then threatening his accusers to try and stop them from posting about it online, as questions have been raised over whether the scandal could impact him in the primary election this week, The New York Times reported on Monday.

Mark Lamb, who is vying for Arizona's Fifth Congressional District to replace Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), who is running for governor, was expected to be the GOP front-runner in the "messy race" as voters cast their ballots in the primary across the state on Tuesday, according to The Times.

"But the contest between Mark Lamb, the former Pinal County sheriff, and a lesser-known businessman in a deeply religious part of the state is a test of the power of a Trump endorsement — and the potency of a sex scandal in a Republican primary," The Times reported....

A winner was declared Tuesday night in the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona between MAGA Donald Trump-ally Kari Lake and her far-right opponent Mark Lamb.

Lake was declared the winner Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, and will go on to face Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego for the seat vacated by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Trump hedged in his endorsement of Republican congressional candidates Abraham Hamadeh and Blake Masters, who are running for a safe Republican seat. ...

There's a new sheriff in town in Arizona. After years of the state being known for its ex-lawman, Joe Arpaio, it is now Mark Lamb, who scored a New York Times profile 24 hours before the primary election.

Lamb is challenging Donald Trump's pal Kari Lake in the race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema.

“I’m a dadgum patriot,” the QAnon-theorizing sheriff told the paper....

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Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) raised over three times as much money as Sen. Krysten Sinema (I-Ariz.) last quarter in his bid to unseat the incumbent senator. He has inched closer to matching Sinema’s war chest each quarter since announcing his candidacy for Arizona’s Senate seat in January.

Sinema has yet to publicly announce her intent to run for reelection, but the former Democrat’s team has signaled that she is gearing up to run as an independent. ...