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Ducey Would Rather Have a White Nationalist In the State Legislature Than a Democrat — Do the GOP Candidates for Governor Agree?

Last week in an interview with Arizona Mirror reporter Jeremy Duda, Gov. Doug Ducey said that anti-Semitic white nationalist and conspiracy theorist state Sen. Wendy Rogers “is still better” than her Democratic opponent. “Rogers has intertwined herself with the Q-Anon crowd, has espoused racist ‘great replacement’ theories, has called for Christian theocracy, and is a…

Kari Lake Pays Violent Felon Who Plotted to Kill FBI Informant to Appear as Campaign Surrogate

Trump-endorsed Arizona candidate for governor Kari Lake has hit the campaign trail with a convicted repeat violent offender. Kenneth Ulibarri, who the DOJ alleged “attempted to murder an FBI informant” and was also charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, has appeared alongside Kari Lake at multiple campaign events. Lake’s campaign has also paid…

In Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Forum, Candidates Stake out Far-Right, Unpopular Positions and Ignore the Issues Facing Arizona

The latest Arizona GOP Gubernatorial forum was a complete and utter dumpster fire, with the candidates either focusing on spouting off illogical, radical opinions or beating each other up. From election fraud conspiracies to extreme anti-choice positions, each candidate tried to outdo one another on the far-right’s greatest hits. Let’s take a look: On the…

Do the Arizona GOP Primary Candidates Believe the January 6th Insurrection was “Legitimate Political Discourse?”

After the Republican National Committee described the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol as “legitimate political discourse,” the DGA calls on the Republican candidates for Arizona governor to answer whether they agree. All of the GOP candidates have embraced Donald Trump’s far-right agenda, which led to the deadly events of January 6th. Trump’s hand-picked…

Jabs Fly in Messy Arizona Republican Primary for Governor

The ongoing feud in Arizona’s crowded GOP primary race is heating up and candidates are racing further to the right. The campaigns have now taken to trolling fellow GOP candidates on Twitter. At the center of the feud is Karrin Taylor-Robson, who is being called out by AZ Republicans for her phony attempts to pander…

Trump Arizona Rally to Feature GOP Gov. Candidate Kari Lake as Featured Guest

Tomorrow, Donald Trump will travel to Arizona for a rally where Kari Lake, Trump’s endorsed candidate in the Arizona race for governor, will take the stage as his featured guest. The rally is promising to be “a continuation of President Trump’s unprecedented effort to advance the MAGA agenda” — including the Big Lie. All of…

National Coverage Highlights 2022 Governor’s Races As Critical to Protecting Democracy

This week, Axios, the Associated Press, Vanity Fair, and the New Republic reported that 2022 governor’s races will be critical to the future of democracy — stressing the importance of electing and re-electing Democratic governors who will protect and expand voting rights. Axios highlighted Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, who has vetoed Republican voting rights restrictions,…

Kari Lake Openly Questions the Science of COVID-19 Vaccines

Lake Unveils Her Novel Approach to Stopping COVID Once and For All: “I Would Just End the Pandemic” Kari Lake isn’t even trying to hide her radical conspiracy theories on COVID. In a new interview, Lake openly questioned the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, saying, “I have noticed a lot of people I know who are…

GOP Gubernatorial Candidates in MN, WI, and AZ Go All-In on the Big Lie

Across the country, Republican candidates for governor are embracing Donald Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Here’s a roundup of how GOP primary candidates in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Arizona went all-in on baseless election conspiracy theories this week: In the first minutes of the Minnesota GOP primary debate on Wednesday, all five…

RGA in Disarray: Doug Ducey Fails to Protect Incumbent Governors from MAGA Wrath in Two States in the Same Week

RGA Chair Doug Ducey is facing two colossal failures to protect incumbent Republican governors from brutal attacks from their own party in the same week. In Massachusetts, after threatening to do so for weeks, Trump finally endorsed a candidate in the Massachusetts race for governor. Spoiler alert: it’s not incumbent GOP governor Charlie Baker. Instead,…

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