EXCLUSIVE: A key ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has determined which candidate he’ll help in a single essential swing state race that might finally decide whether or not Republicans win again management of the Senate in 2024.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced Monday his endorsement of Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake, a conservative firebrand and former 2022 gubernatorial candidate, in her bid to flip the seat presently held by impartial Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a former Democrat.
“Kari Lake is the fighter Arizona needs to secure the border, unleash American Energy Independence, and lower the cost of living. Joe Biden’s policies have been a disaster for Arizona and Kari Lake will stand up to the Biden agenda and put Arizonans first. Let’s send Kari to the Senate and take back the majority,” Cotton mentioned in an announcement to Fox News Digital.
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake is the “fighter Arizona needs to secure the border” and “lower the cost of living.” (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. through Getty Images)
“I am grateful for the endorsement of Sen. Cotton, someone who served our country honorably in the military and has been a conservative warrior in the Senate. I look forward to working with Sen. Cotton to secure our border and get America back on track from Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer’s far-left agenda,” Lake advised Fox.
The race is predicted to be probably the most carefully watched of the 2024 election cycle as Republicans purpose for a majority in Congress’ higher chamber, which Democrats presently management by a slim 51-49 margin with the help of Sinema and her fellow independents, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine.
With Cotton’s backing, Lake has secured the help of two high senators, the opposite being Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., in addition to House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik of New York and a variety of different House Republicans. She additionally has the backing of former President Trump, who endorsed her through video throughout her marketing campaign launch in October, and a number of state and native officers in Arizona and throughout the nation.
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Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake arrives to autograph books forward of a rally with former President Trump at Ted Hendricks Stadium at Henry Milander Park on Nov. 8, 2023, in Hialeah, Fla. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post through Getty Images)
Lake’s solely main challenger within the race for the Republican nomination to this point is Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb.
Whichever Republican wins the nomination will seemingly face Phoenix-area Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego within the common election.
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Sinema has not but mentioned whether or not she is going to run for reelection.
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