
Highlights from last night's primaries in Arizona:
- Lake’s 55%-39% win over an under-funded opponent speaks to her underlying weaknesses as a candidate in November.
- Election Day vote counting delays mean the three most competitive House primary contests are still too close to call.
Kari Lake, the 2022 gubernatorial nominee, won the GOP Senate nomination with 55% of the vote, but the 39% that Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb took without spending any money on TV underscores the key weaknesses Lake has heading into a general election against Rep. Ruben Gallego, who was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Lake has problems with moderate Republicans who for years backed the late Sen. John McCain, and she’s struggled to rein in her hardcore MAGA rhetoric and election denialism (including still pursuing legal challenges claiming she won her race for governor) to appeal to them.
Lake also rubbed some conservatives the wrong way when she made a secret recording of the Arizona GOP chairman suggesting she shouldn’t run for Senate, leading to his resignation, and was subsequently booed at the state party convention. But Lamb,
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