AZ: U.S. Senate GOP Primary Election

MA Redpine
4 min readAug 11, 2018

Let’s focus on Arizona’s Republican primary election in the U.S. Senate race at this time. My political strategy for the Republican Party is strictly nonpartisan and fair with more facts, so please DO NOT take it personally. This purpose is to benefit the registered Republican voters in the Grand Canyon state to understand why they should vote for the right, best and strongest candidate in the primary race. Also, it is very crucial for the Republican Party to retain the open seat, which will be vacated by one-term incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Flake in the end of this year. Arizona is one of the Senate Democratic Caucus’ few pick-up opportunities as well.

There are three candidates in the ugliest Republican U.S. Senate primary election for this open seat:

  • Martha McSally, U.S. Representative from the 2nd Congressional District and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, is the most moderate Republican with her strong bipartisanship and independence in this primary race. She has never placed any negative ad against a fellow Republican candidate in this race. She has placed a several negative ads against her potential Democratic opponent, U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema from the 9th Congressional District. Martha has enjoyed winning the endorsements from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ), National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), Maggie’s List, Winning for Women, and View PAC. (Personally, Martha has my full nonpartisan endorsement, citing the Senate Republican Cancus’ lacks of electable women with integrity and decency.)
  • Kelli Ward, a physician and former State Senator, is a horrible BIGOT and far-right conservative. Two years ago, she lost to incumbent Senator John McCain by 11 points in the primary election. When she recklessly takes personal attacks on Martha’s politics similar to Arizona’s current Senators McCain and Flake’s political views, Kelli is obviously very desperate and jealous. She has received the endorsements from the other far-right conservatives, including U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY); three U.S. Representatives (Paul Gosar of Arizona, Steve King of Iowa and Dana Rohrabacher of California); former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon; several TV conservative commentators (Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin and Tomi Lahren). Notably, in July 2017, Kelli recklessly insulted and took a personal attack on John McCain by calling him to resign from the Senate following his cancer diagnosis. Whew! How disrespectful she is! DISGRACE!
  • Joe Arpaio, former Maricopa County Sheriff, is a criminal felon, racist and far-right conservative. He really should stay RETIRED, citing his age of 86 years and health condition. What IDIOT he is! Good news, the voting polls show that he has been trailing Martha and Kelli very bad in the primary race. Of course, he would easily lose to a Democrat by at least double or triple digits in a margin.

According to the Politico network, NRSC strongly prefers Martha McSally as the strongest candidate to retain Arizona’s open seat. NRSC Chairman, Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO), has asked 45th U.S. President Donald Trump to endorse Martha in order to get boosted over the two far-right conservative insurgents. In any Republican’s shoes, I strongly agree with the National Republicans, citing the scenarios:

  • Best-Case Scenario: Martha McSally is a moderate Republican with strong bipartisanship and independence. She has the hugest advantage of fundraising over the two other candidates in the primary race. Although all voting polls show that she trails most-likely Democratic frontrunner Kyrsten Sinema by about five points, she is the strongest candidate with the best chance to retain the open seat in the Republican’s hands as one of the most crucial keys for the Senate Republican Caucus.
  • Worst-Case Scenario: Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio are the extreme far-right conservative insurgents that they are unwilling to work bipartisanship with the Democrats. They only campaign as the anti-immigrant candidates that won’t be sufficient for the voters to approve and elect. Let’s take a look at Ward’s history of losing to moderate Senator McCain by double digits in the 2016 Republican primary election. It was clear that she was REJECTED by the moderate voters for good! Like Roy Moore in Alabama’s 2017 U.S. Senate special election, both Ward and Arpaio are seriously the flawed candidates that would effectively hand a victory to the most-likely Democratic nominee, Kyrsten Sinema. The voting polls show that both candidates trail Kyrsten by at least double digits in the margin.

In truth, if I were a registered Republican voter, I would strictly prefer Martha McSally based on her moderate politics, strong bipartisanship and independence against the two extreme right-wing conservatives whom I strongly oppose. Personally and politically, I despise both Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio very much because of their bigotry, heartlessly childish attitude, racism and too much negatives against a moderate intra-party candidate. Shame on them! Plus, Arpaio is historically a criminal felon that should be NOT qualified for any public office...very embarrassing. Therefore, if Ward or Arpaio wins the GOP nomination, I would definitely dare to cross over the party and vote for Kyrsten Sinema in the general election. Both Ward and Arpaio are clearly UNFIT in the U.S. Congress, PERIOD!

L to R: Joe Arpaio, Kelli Ward and Martha McSally

It is clear that Martha McSally is the right, best and strongest candidate in the U.S. Senate Republican primary election, which will be held on August 28th. By that way, with Martha’s victory, this race will be very competitive between Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema.

That is why I am calling on U.S. President Trump to endorse Martha McSally over the two flawed candidates immediately since the early voting has already begun on August 1st. Martha deserves to get much boosted with the biggest endorsements from President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence!

Vote for Martha McSally on August 28th!!!!!

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MA Redpine

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