Populist Republican and investor Blake Masters has outraised his competitors for the GOP’s nomination for US Senator in Arizona, in a development likely to draw attention to the state’s primary.
Masters, a friend of Peter Thiel, raised more than a million dollars in the third quarter of 2021. Mark Brnovich, Arizona’s Attorney General, raised almost $600,000, lagging behind Masters.
Q3 hard dollar fundraising #’s are out in GOP AZ Senate race:@GeneralBrnovich: $563,822@GeneralMcGuire: $200,404@jim_lamon: $132,926
me: $1,015,044
Money isn’t everything in politics, but it’s a proxy for excitement. And, uh, fundraising ability 🤠🇺🇸
— Blake Masters (@bgmasters) October 16, 2021
Masters has attracted interest as a candidate for invoking concerns typical Republican politicians fail to emphasize, such the increasing difficulty Americans face supporting families on a single income. Masters has pointed to the social and economic model of states such as California as one resembling a third-world country, pledging to fight against open borders, illegal immigration, and anarcho-tyranny as a Senator.
Brnovich is generally considered a favorite for the Republican nomination, being the only GOP candidate to have won a statewide election in the contentious purple state previously. Much of the party’s establishment has coalesced around the attorney general, with some grassroots activists suggesting the party break the mold for a statewide nominee after a series of renominations of poor candidates and political amateurs without much of a resume to offer voters.
The Republican primary for the Arizona US Senate election will be held in August of 2022.
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