{"id":509158,"date":"2022-11-12T06:19:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T03:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mark-kelly-defeats-blake-masters-in-arizona-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2022-11-12T06:19:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T03:19:34","slug":"mark-kelly-defeats-blake-masters-in-arizona-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mark-kelly-defeats-blake-masters-in-arizona-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mark Kelly defeats Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be47f5b107\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be47f5b107\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mark-kelly-defeats-blake-masters-in-arizona-senate-race\/#Mark_Kelly_defeats_Blake_Masters_in_Arizona_Senate_race\" >Mark Kelly defeats Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mark_Kelly_defeats_Blake_Masters_in_Arizona_Senate_race\"><\/span>Mark Kelly defeats Blake Masters in Arizona Senate race<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is projected to win reelection to the Senate, defeating Republican Blake Masters in one of the preeminent battleground contests on the midterm map this year and putting Democrats one step closer to securing their majority.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, who is completing the final two years of the late Sen. John McCain\u2019s (R-Ariz.) term, held a steady lead over Masters, a protege of PayPal founder Peter Thiel, since the early August primary, though his lead slimmed in the final weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)\" class=\"wp-image-3636425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=645,363 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/kellymark_090822gn_w.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) was projected to win his Senate race against Republican Blake Masters in one of the biggest battleground contests this election cycle. (Greg Nash)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His ultimate victory is a key hold for Senate Democrats as they await the results of Senate races in Nevada, which is undergoing a similarly drawn-out counting process, and Georgia, which has gone to a Dec. 6 runoff. It also marks a defeat of one of the most closely watched candidates elevated by former President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly, a retired astronaut and husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), was buoyed throughout by a juggernaut of a fundraising operation. According to his FEC filing on Oct. 19, the final financial snapshot of his campaign, Kelly raised more than $80 million for the run, a number that allowed him to flood the airwaves throughout the three-plus month stretch between the primary and Tuesday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Masters\u00a0only raised $8 million, with more than half of that total being raised by July 13 to help him win the primary over businessman Jim Lamon and state Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Mark Brnovich,\u00a0forcing him to rely on outside money to help boost him in the final months of the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?w=900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3658847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=645,363 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/mastersblake_080322ap-rick-scuteri_arizona.jpeg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Masters struggled to bring in donations throughout the campaign, raising only $8 million. By contrast, Kelly raised over $80 million. (Associated Press)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After receiving $15 million in outside money from Peter Thiel to help guide him through the primary, a battle between Thiel and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) emerged over who was going to help Masters financially in the final stretch of the campaign. After Thiel proposed that each spend $5 million to help the GOP nominee, talks broke down and the Senate Leadership Fund decided not to engage further.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Signaling troubles, the Senate Leadership Fund canceled nearly $10 million in ads in late September, leaving other GOP groups to pick up the slack. Among those was the Club For Growth, which spent an additional $5.5 million on Oct. 28 to boost Masters.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Masters not only lost to Kelly, but was unable to keep pace with Republican Kari Lake, who became the driving force behind the GOP ticket in the state over the final months. Trump, who endorsed both candidates, referenced Lake when talking to Masters over the phone days after he took part in a debate with Kelly and did not give a satisfactory answer on election fraud in the eyes of Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2400\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3717867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=1080,720 1080w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=645,430 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=50,33 50w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/AP22280047094184.jpg?resize=876,584 876w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Former President Trump, who endorsed Masters, criticized him in a phone conversation with the candidate after he was unimpressed by Masters\u2019 answer on election fraud during his debate with Kelly. (Associated Press)<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI heard you did great on the debate but [had] a bad election answer. \u2026 You got a lot of support. You gotta stay with those people,\u201d Trump told Masters on the call before referencing Lake as an example.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at Kari. Kari\u2019s winning with very little money. If they say, \u2018How is your family?\u2019 She says, \u2018The election was rigged and stolen,\u2019\u201d the former president told Masters. \u201cYou\u2019ll lose if you go soft. You\u2019re gonna lose that base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in Arizona can now turn their attention to reprising their 2020 presidential success in 2024 in what has turned into one of the top swing states in the country.\u00a0\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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