Establishment Republicans’ latest headache? The “low quality” MAGA candidates who choked away the midterms want to run for office again.
Republicans are “increasingly concerned” about both Lake and Masters’ viability in an Arizona Senate contest, one GOP strategist told The Daily Beast.
“The lesson learned from 2022 is that candidate quality clearly matters,” said Ken Spain, a veteran Republican strategist. “The margin for error is extremely thin in 2024. If Republicans nominate some of these retread candidates, the majority becomes increasingly at risk.” After the party took a hands-off approach to primary elections last cycle, some GOP campaign leaders have indicated they will intervene to boost better candidates. “We’re gonna do whatever it takes to win,” Sen. Steve Daines , chairman of the Senate GOP campaign arm, told Fox News recently. “We want to make sure we have candidates that can win general elections.”
Republicans expect that party leaders and donors will work especially hard to ensure their best candidates are on the ballot next November. The dynamic encapsulates what might be the GOP’s biggest obstacle to avoiding a repeat of 2022. Not only is anti-establishment cred a valuable currency for candidates, the establishment itself has less power. Social media and right-wing media platforms allow candidates to build relationships directly with voters, and because the voters who decide GOP primaries are increasingly extreme and anti-establishment, hopefuls earn votes and campaign dollars by appealing to them.
When he filed to challenge Kaptur, a four-decade Democratic incumbent who was drawn into a more conservative district, it was expected Majewski would be bested in a GOP primary by an establishment-backed state senator.that he had misrepresented his experience in the U.S. Air Force, saying he saw combat in Afghanistan when he did not.he was demoted for a drunken driving incident while serving in Japan.
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