2022 AZ Senate race: on Principles & Values
Blake Masters:
Being a conventional politician is sort of overrated
[Campaign announcement]: "There's a youthfulness and a freshness, fresh perspective that we really badly need, and that's what I bring to the table," he told The Arizona Republic. "Experience matters, and doing stuff in the real world matters, and
I think at 34 years old I've done a lot and have succeeded in a lot of various things. Being a conventional politician and being in office forever is sort of overrated."
Source: The Arizona Republic on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Jul 12, 2021
Blake Masters:
For patriotic education, mourns loss of American optimism
In a video Masters mourned the loss of American optimism and affirmed his support for patriotic education, immigration enforcement, and "an economy where you can afford to raise a family on one single income." In his elegant campaign video,
Masters presents himself as a dutiful son, loving father, and devoted citizen. It's not clear whether those virtues will be good enough for the MAGA base.
Source: The Week magazine on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Jul 15, 2021
Blake Masters:
Describes himself as an American first conservative
[On worldview]: "I fear that we are losing the country," Masters told The Associated Press. "I want my kids to grow up in an America that works like the one I grew up in.
I want them to grow up in a country that I still recognize." He described himself ideologically as "an America first conservative," using the phrase that Trump popularized with much of the GOP base.
Source: FOX 10 Phoenix on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Jul 13, 2021
Blake Masters:
America is still the best nation in the world
America is still the best nation in the world. We still have the best governance model. We have the most talented and hardworking people. But these institutions need to be revitalized generation to generation. I'm very optimistic, we just need
a change and we need people who are actually willing to dismantle the systems that have been put in place. We need a new class of leadership that is competent and will lead people to a good future.
Source: The Stanford Review on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Sep 28, 2021
Doug Ducey:
Certified Biden victory in AZ; then named GOP Governor chair
It would be a battle for the ages: Gov. Doug Ducey versus state GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward fighting to the (political) death for the right to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in 2022.Oh, Kelli Ward will run. Ward has been snapping at Ducey for
following the law and certifying the election and spouting all manner of claims of the many nefarious ways in which Joe Biden stole the election from Donald Trump. It doesn't matter that she hasn't prevailed even once in court because really, it's not
about the 2020 election anymore. It's about 2022.
[But the Ward-Ducey fight is] one of the great matchups that will never happen. For now, Ducey's days of running for elective office in Arizona appear over. The surest sign came this week when he was
named chairman of the Republican Governors Association. Not only was it a poke in the nose to Trump, who is furious that Ducey didn't deliver Arizona, it's a chance for Ducey to build a national profile and gain entree to the party's biggest donors.
Source: Arizona Republic on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Dec 11, 2020
Jim Lamon:
AdWatch: shootout with Biden, Pelosi, Kelly
Lamon's latest campaign ad takes on "the D.C. Gang," telling them, "The good people of Arizona have had enough of you." Actors play President Biden (labeled in the ad as "Old Joe"), Senator Mark Kelly ("Shifty Kelly") and Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi ("Crazyface Pelosi"). The clip shows Lamon shooting at the three, knocking their guns or knives out of their hands as people in the background cheer and the "D.C. Gang" runs away.The ad is being widely criticized. Sen. Kelly is the husband of
former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Giffords was seriously wounded during a mass shooting in Tucson in 2011 when six people were killed. Mark Kelly's Senate campaign declined comment.
ABC15 is hearing from viewers who have seen the ad and want us to
stop running it. Federal law requires broadcasters to accept candidates' political ads regardless of the content; television stations are not allowed to reject or censor them.
Source: ABC15 News AdWatch on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Feb 14, 2022
Jim Lamon:
Our rights don't come from government, they come from God
The idea of America rests on the principles that we are free from government and not because of government. Meaning our rights cannot be taken by the government because they do not come from government. Instead, they come from God. As your next U.S.
Senator, I will lead by these principles. I will stand against any attempts to encroach upon our freedoms with firm resolve.
Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website JimLamon.com
Apr 20, 2022
Justin Olson:
Committed to confirming conservative justices
While radical Democrats like Mark Kelly and Joe Biden seek to appoint activist judges to legislate from the bench,
Justin is committed to confirming conservative justices to our legal system to defend our constitutional rights and interpret our laws as they are written.
Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website VoteJustinOlson.com
Mar 16, 2022
Justin Olson:
My faith is critical to me and a big part of who I am
[The moderator asked] "How is your faith going to guide you?""My faith is critical to me and a big part of who I am," replied state Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa, who is Mormon. "If there is anything that I think is the wrong policy, and somebody is
encouraging me to support the wrong policy for wrong reasons, then I will stand up to that pressure." Olson said laws need to be strengthened to allow people to petition courts for relief from government regulations based on deeply held beliefs.
Source: The Arizona Republic on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Jun 25, 2016
Kelli Ward:
Urged anti-closure protestors to dress as health workers
The chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party Dr. Kelli Ward, a former state senator and primary care physician, tweeted that people participating in protests to end the government-imposed closures of regular business should wear scrubs and masks.
"Planning protest to #ReOpenAmerica? EVERYONE wear scrubs & masks--the media doesn't care if you are really in healthcare or not--it's the 'message' that matters," she wrote.
Ward's comments come a few days after she questioned the authenticity of a small group of health care workers in Colorado who counterprotested against people calling for the state to reopen.
"EVEN IF these 'spontaneously' appearing ppl at
protests against govt overreach (sporting the same outfits, postures, & facial expressions) ARE involved in healthcare - when they appeared at rallies, they were actors playing parts #Propaganda #FakeOutrage," Ward tweeted last week.
Source: CNN coverage of 2022 Arizona Senate race
Apr 28, 2020
Kelli Ward:
Filed lawsuits to overturn Biden victory over Trump in AZ
Oh, Kelli Ward will run, no doubt hoping the third time's the charm. Ward has been on fire of late--snapping at Republican Gov. Doug Ducey for following the law and certifying the election--and spouting all manner of claims of the many nefarious ways in
which Joe Biden stole the election from Donald Trump. It doesn't matter that she hasn't prevailed even once in court because really, it's not about the 2020 election anymore. It's about 2022. It's about keeping Republicans riled up in their absolute
belief that "patriots" were robbed of the White House by those cheating Democrats.She may not have evidence but she has a killer platform on which to launch yet another run for the Republican nomination. And so she puts out a daily videos, railing
about fraud. And so she files lawsuit after lawsuit, hoping her righteous indignation will make up the lack of evidence. And so she keeps the party faithful riled, roiled and ready to repel the traitors who stand in her way.
Source: Arizona Republic on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Dec 11, 2020
Kyrsten Sinema:
Took oath of office on Constitution, not Bible
Even as they ran negative ads, [Sinema and her opponent] each promised to be the more bipartisan lawmaker. The Arizona Republic endorsed Sinema, saying that her nonpartisan style was a better fit. "For Sinema, it's always about the issue, not the
personalities," the newspaper wrote. In the House, Sinema took the oath of office on a copy on the Constitution, not the Bible. She said that she was not affiliated with a religion.
She has joined the organizations of moderate Democrats,
occasionally has criticized Obama, and has worked across the aisle with House Republicans. She co-founded the United States Caucus, a bipartisan group of house freshmen working on solutions for both parties, "I'm just doing my thing," she told Roll Call
in February 2015. "I know my thing's a little bit different than other people, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that at all. And you know what? I don't mind if some people like it or don't like it. That's OK."
Source: Almanac of American Politics on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Oct 5, 2015
Mark Brnovich:
Church attendance is clearly an "essential activity"
Released a legal opinion during COVID-19 clarifying that church attendance is clearly an "essential activity" under the Governor's Executive Order.
Led a 13-state effort on behalf of a football coach who lost his job after he knelt and said a quiet prayer at midfield after football game. The case is still being litigated.
Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website KellyForAK.com
Jan 5, 2022
Mick McGuire:
America is the greatest country in the history of the world
Advance American Exceptionalism: Since its Founding, our country has been committed to freedom, opportunity and overcoming adversity. It's time we stand up and remind everyone why the
United States of America is still the greatest country in the history of the world. I will always stand up for our values and fight to keep this country great.
Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website ElectMick.com
Dec 28, 2021
Mick McGuire:
Will always oppose infringement of our constitutional rights
We are a nation of laws, and the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. As a constitutional conservative, I believe in our system of checks and balances and know that the
Constitution leaves power for the people and the states, not the federal government. I will always stand up against infringement of our constitutional rights.
Source: 2022 Arizona Senate campaign website ElectMick.com
Dec 28, 2021
Mick McGuire:
The radical left is tearing this country apart
The recently retired adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard proceeded to blast the left-wing policies of the administration and called for Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley to resign. "It's what the radical left is doing. They are tearing
this country apart. Your lead-in talked about the border. I'm in Arizona. We are getting invaded down here and the flood of people crossing the border that we're not catching could include many of these people," he said.
Source: Fox News "Fox & Friends" on 2022 Arizona Senate race
Oct 14, 2021
Blake Masters:
The 2020 election wasn't free or fair: I think Trump won
Arizona Republican nominee Blake Masters has been explicit in declaring that "the 2020 election wasn't free or fair." In an ad Masters released in November 2021, early in the Republican primary, he said, wrongly, "I think Trump won in 2020." The rest
of the ad was more subjective; Masters argued that Trump would have won in a "fair fight" without supposed anti-Trump media bias, "big tech" suppression of a late-election story about Biden's family, and some states having changed their rules to allow
for easier mail-in voting. But Masters' ad-opening claim that Trump actually did win is plain false.At the end of the Republican primary in early August, Masters' campaign website claimed that "if we had had a free and fair election, President Trump
would be sitting in the Oval Office today." After Masters won the primary, CNN's KFile team reported, that language was removed from the site and replaced with this vague declaration: "We need to get serious about election integrity."
Source: CNN AdWatch: 2020 Election Denial/2022 Arizona Senate race
Aug 2, 2022
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