PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — With a televised Senate debate scheduled for Wednesday night, and an appearance by former President Donald Trump set for Saturday, Arizona will be the center of attention ahead of the state’s Aug. 2 primaries.
The venue for Trump’s rally with his endorsed slate led by gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and Senate candidate Blake Masters is in the very conservative Yavapai County, where at a recent GOP women’s luncheon it was hard to find local candidates willing to say thought Trump actually lost the state in 2020, even though the results show he did.
Masters and businessman Jim Lamon have appeared to pull away from state Attorney General Mark Brnovich in what recent polling there is available.