Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who hails from the battleground state of Kari Lake is now running for a Senate seat, hoping this time around will have a different outcome than her first statewide campaign, and many members of the GOP in the upper chamber of Congress think she’s going to smash through her goal. Things are definitely looking good for her right now.
A brand new poll that was commissioned by the NRSC and Hotline discovered that both Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, are now tied for the race to replace independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. The poll was conducted by Peak Insights and discovered that both candidates are sitting at 46 percent with a total of 8 percent undecided, according to a report from the National Journal.
New ARIZONA poll for @NRSC (R)
Senate
🔵 Ruben Gallego: 46%
đź”´ Kari Lake: 46%
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President
đź”´ Trump: 44%
🔵 Harris: 42%
🟡 RFK Jr: 11%
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Peak Insights | 7/31-8/1 | 800 LV | ±3%https://t.co/URkYpZMdun— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 15, 2024
The same poll found former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris statistically tied in a three-way contest with anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I). Trump received 44%, Harris received 42%, and Kennedy Jr. got 11% with 3% undecided. The NRSC told donors in June the race was “an absolute toss-up,” arguing their own polling showed the race statistically tied. Lake’s campaign also released an internal poll of its own last month, showing Lake and Gallego within the margin of error.
However, Lake has not led Gallego outside the margin of error in any publicly released polls. In addition, Gallego has outrun the Democratic presidential ticket—with both President Biden and Harris—in several polls, indicating Lake’s efforts to tout her connection to Trump aren’t fully working at the moment. In a newly released Cook Political Report with Amy Walter/BSG/GS Strategy Group poll in the state, Gallego led Lake, 51%-42%, as Harris and Trump were within the margin of error, 48%-46%. On the other hand, neither of the candidates have taken the polling numbers as word of law. Both Gallego and Lake have sought to drift their campaigns toward the center, distancing themselves from their past comments as both weaponize them against each other.
Gallego’s strategy, which is likely responsible for helping him achieve the numbers he currently has, was to jettison the “progressive” label and walk away from his membership within the Congressional Progressive Caucus last year — doing so without a peep, quiet like a mouse — and taking a much harder take on immigration and border security than others in his party. In other words, he’s opted to walk toward the center rather than make moves to be more and more radical.
On the other side of the aisle, Lake, who is a very ardent and vocal MAGA member and supporter of former President Donald Trump, is employing a similar tactic by trying to kiss and make up with moderates in the GOP whom she previously took some hard shots at in the past. Following in Trump’s footsteps, Lake has also come out and support for in-vitro fertilization and has stated she’s against a federal abortion ban. The state of Arizona is putting abortion as an issue on the ballot this year.
It’s critical that Republicans who are interested in saving this country from being completely and utterly transformed into a nightmare vision of Karl Marx ensure that not only Trump wins the White House, but we take control of both chambers of Congress. Remember, it’s the legislative branch that makes laws. We need to have the final say in what kind of legislative agenda is approved and that it truly benefits Americans.
Kari Lake taking home the victory in November is a crucial part of ensuring that happens. Pray for her and her campaign.
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