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Trump Endorsed Hamadeh; Why Is Masters Acting Like He’s Won 45’s Support?

January 30, 2024 8:00 amNovember 21, 2024 12:39 pm

Donald Trump has endorsed Abe Hamadeh for Congress in the Eighth Congressional District. But Blake Masters, also vying for the nomination, apparently would prefer voters remain unaware of that inconvenient truth. In fact, Trump not only endorsed Hamadeh, but his...

Republican Hopefuls in CD8 Already Throwing Haymakers

January 29, 2024 8:37 amNovember 21, 2024 12:39 pm

The August 6 Republican primary is more than seven months away, but things are already getting mighty chippy in the eighth congressional district. The latest flare-up occurred over the weekend. On January 27, the Abe Hamadeh War Room account on...

Jeff DeWit Pulls a Sam Bankman-Fried on Kari Lake

January 23, 2024 1:44 pmNovember 21, 2024 12:39 pm

The entirety of the Arizona GOP is abuzz this afternoon as word leaked out that state party chairman Jeff DeWit evidently tried to bribe conservative firebrand Kari Lake not to throw her fashionable hat into the ring for this year‘s...

Toma Told CNN Trump Cannot Win Arizona

January 17, 2024 10:13 amNovember 21, 2024 12:40 pm

CNN Romania? Is that even a thing? Apparently so. And according to the Hamadeh for Congress campaign, Speaker Ben Toma told the network in 2022, “I support Ron DeSantis because Donald Trump cannot win in my state, Arizona.” Trump, the...

Hamadeh Touts a Major Q4 Haul for CD8 Race

January 10, 2024 10:36 amNovember 21, 2024 12:40 pm

Congressional candidate Abe Hamadeh released his fundraising for Q4, 2023, and the headline. The headline, “Abe Hamadeh Boasts Nearly $1.3 Million War Chest in Support of AZ-08 Race,” references an eye-popping number, while the details are a bit more nuanced....

Toma Talks State of the CD8 Race with Globe

January 5, 2024 12:06 pmNovember 21, 2024 12:40 pm

The Arizona Globe has been comprehensively covering the race to succeed Debbie Lesko in CD8. Today, the candidate who has earned her endorsement checked in to offer his observations on the state of the race. The contest has attracted a...

Ben Toma Junket to Qatar in 2019 Attracts Scrutiny

January 5, 2024 11:32 amJune 17, 2024 10:35 am

The nation of Qatar has been aggressively trying to increase its influence in American public affairs over the last several years. According to the Dept of Justice, that effort has included alleged bribes paid to Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), whose...