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 June 2, 2022

Trump endorses investor Masters in Arizona Senate primary

Trump’s endorsement is likely to shake up a race with no clear frontrunner, which has been largely defined by jockeying for Trump’s support.
by Associated Press

360 trump in mesa President Donald Trump greets the crowd at his rally at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in October 2018.
Steve Riggs/AZPM Staff

Former President Donald Trump is endorsing investor Blake Masters in Arizona’s crowded Republican Senate primary.

The former president announced Thursday that he's giving his influential blessing to another acolyte of tech investor Peter Thiel after his nod helped “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance secure the GOP nomination in Ohio.

Trump’s endorsement is likely to shake up a race with no clear frontrunner, which has been largely defined by jockeying for Trump’s support.

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