Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Lamb raised about $608,000 in his first three months as a candidate, which is enough to block Kari Lake’s candidacy and prevent Washington’s Republican leadership from running for office. may not be able to persuade others to get top-notch fundraising.
Lamb collected about a fifth of the $3.1 million raised by Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego in the same period. Both are the most likely challengers for the seat of Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema, who has yet to turn in the April, May and June tallies.
Lamb’s relatively low-key fundraising debut will see if the Pinal County Sheriff can fend off other Republican challengers and show he’s ready to win a potential three-way race. It seems unlikely to allay concerns among Republicans in Washington and Arizona who are trying to do so.
His campaign was not immediately available for comment on Friday.
Overall, Lam has raised $608,000 from all sources. That included $5,000 from Lam and another $5,000 from his wife Janelle the day before the fundraising deadline.
His campaign finished with $335,000 in cash after spending 45% of the money raised to get started. More than $66,000 of that goes toward the general election, effectively dwindling his cash total at this point.
Lam’s campaign paid his wife about $4,800 for consulting fees and mileage.
Among Lamb’s donors were $500 from Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gates, $2,000 from the Political Action Committee affiliated with Colorado Republican Rep. It includes the $6,600 cap. Former Republican Senate candidate Jim Ramon.
So far, Lamb is the only Republican who has a strong seat in the race. A longtime favorite of conservative television and usually a tough critic in the fight against illegal drugs and illegal immigration, a report filed Friday showed his economic viability at the statewide level. It is the first scale to measure.
Lake, who has been named as the 2022 Republican gubernatorial nominee and former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate, has publicly confirmed that he is considering running for the Senate. Widely seen as the frontrunner for her nomination if she runs, she continues her lawsuit to overturn her last year’s loss, acting as a prominent agent for Mr. I continue to promote my book.
She may run for the Senate this fall.
Cinema has filed preliminary papers to seek re-election, but has not formally said he is seeking a second six-year term. She hasn’t submitted her fundraising status for the quarter yet, and she’s due by late Saturday.
If she does run, it will create a historic three-way race with clear and unprecedented precedent. Republicans still outnumber Democrats in registration and voter turnout in Arizona, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R, Kentucky), who is stuck in a virtuous circle of Republicans taking back control of the chamber, said Ram He doesn’t even care about the possibility of Mr. or Mr. Lake being nominated.
McConnell has repeatedly said that Senate elections in West Virginia, Montana and Ohio are key issues vying for Republican interests, with Nevada and Wisconsin as second priority.
Arizona’s exclusion is notable by a former congressman backer. Martha McSally, Republican, Arizona, even before officially announcing she would run for Senate.
Campaign Donation:Ruben Gallego’s Senate campaign raised $3.1 million mostly from small donors
“We will participate in primaries that we deem necessary to obtain quality candidates, and we will participate in all general elections where we have a legitimate chance of winning, regardless of the candidate’s philosophy. I plan to attend,” McConnell told CNN in May.
McConnell’s allies have notably withheld financial support from Arizona’s 2022 Republican Senate candidate, Blake Masters. The move came after a closed-door poll found the Masters to be historically unpopular.
Masters received relatively little support from his own donors and Republican supporters, and ultimately lost to Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) by nearly five points. Kerry’s camp directly outperformed the Masters camp by nearly 6 to 1.
Republicans have dominated Arizona’s Senate race for decades, winning nine in a row from 1992 to 2016. The party has now won three straight since Cinema was elected as a Democrat in 2018.
The Arizona Senate election is the longest Republican drought since the Democrats won 10 consecutive victories from 1922 to 1950.
