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With less than a week to go until the midterm elections, several Senate races nationwide once thought to be comfortable Democrat victories are now neck and neck as outsider Republican candidates, many backed by Donald Trump, defy elite expectations after being dismissed by leaders of both political parties.
Democrats were so confident that some of these candidates labeled ” far-right ” or “fringe” by the media wouldn’t win that Democrat campaigns and outside groups actually funneled money to them, thinking they’d be easier opponents in a general election than Republican primary hopefuls deemed more moderate or part of the GOP establishment.
Republican leaders similarly thought these outside disruptors were longshots, even poor-quality candidates — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.).
“I think there’s probably a greater likelihood the House flips than the Senate,” McConnell said at a local Chamber of Commerce event in August. “Senate races are just different. Candidate quality has a lot to do with the outcome.”
Less than three months later, polls suggest that some of these candidates are poised to win, and all five have at least made their races highly competitive. Here are five GOP Senate hopefuls once written off as “fringe” long shots who have already defied expectations even if they don’t win:
Blake Masters
In Arizona, Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters is trailing Democrat incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly by just two points, according to the RealClearPolitics average of recent polling data.
But Masters could be gaining more support now after libertarian candidate Marc Victor, who’s been polling at about 1%-6% support, dropped out of the race on Tuesday and endorsed Masters.”Marc Victor joins a growing list of Arizonans from across the political spectrum who are fed up with open borders, big government corruption, and rising crime,” Masters said in a statement. “We are building a broad […]
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