{"id":1452713,"date":"2022-04-25T11:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452713"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:29:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:29:41","slug":"josh-hawley-announces-major-endorsement-in-fractured-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-announces-major-endorsement-in-fractured-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley Announces Major Endorsement In Fractured Senate Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjosh-hawley-announces-major-endorsement-in-fractured-senate-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is endorsing venture capitalist Blake Masters in the crowded Republican primary to challenge Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Masters, the chief operating officer of Thiel Capital, is currently running in third place behind Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and energy executive Jim Lamon, several recent <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ohpredictive.com\/press-releases\/az-gop-gov-race-lake-leads-robson-climbing-salmon-stalls\">polls<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaughnHillyard\/status\/1511794690953252876?s=20&#038;t=3qWHdsZacZQB0vpP6ze-JA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shown<\/a>. Masters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/races\/summary?cycle=2022&#038;id=AZS1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leads<\/a> the primary field in <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00784165\/1586213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fundraising<\/a> from outside sources, racking up about $1.16 million in the first quarter of 2022. Thiel Capital founder Peter Thiel is supporting Masters\u2019 campaign, <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/fecimg\/?202107309456936133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">donating<\/a> $10 million to a pro-Master Super PAC and reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/politics\/blake-masters-trump-thiel-arizona-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lobbying<\/a> former President Donald Trump to endorse him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Blake is principled, honest, and tough. He will take the fight to the woke left, Big Tech &#038; Communist China. He will fight to secure the border &#038; get tough on crime. He won\u2019t just talk. He will lead<\/span>,\u201d Hawley tweeted Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Proud to endorse <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgmasters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bgmasters<\/a> for US Senate in AZ. Blake is principled, honest, and tough. He will take the fight to the woke left, Big Tech &#038; Communist China. He will fight to secure the border &#038; get tough on crime. He won\u2019t just talk. He will lead. Can\u2019t wait to serve w\/ him<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HawleyMO\/status\/1518594984135770112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During his campaign, Masters has focused primarily on issues related to Big Tech firms. He <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/17\/arizona-blake-masters-big-tech-google-facebook\/\">argues<\/a> that Congress should pass new antitrust laws to break up companies, and prevent the companies from using consumer data in predatory ways. Masters has also stressed his opposition to illegal immigration and critical race theory, as well as his belief that outsourcing jobs has prevented American families from succeeding on single incomes. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/12\/arizona-peter-thiel-senate\/\">(RELATED: Thiel Capital COO Blake Masters Announces Run For Arizona Senate)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hawley has endorsed several candidates in key Republican primaries, notably JD <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/14\/josh-hawley-endorses-jd-vance-senate-ohio\/\">Vance<\/a> in Ohio and Vicky <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/16\/ted-cruz-josh-hawley-endorsements-vicky-hartzler-eric-schmitt-missouri\/\">Hartzler<\/a> in Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Trump teased in an April 18 statement that an endorsement in the Arizona primary will be coming \u201cin the not too distant future.\u201d Trump is not expected to endorse Brnovich, who he frequently criticizes for not aggressively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/elections\/arizona-ag-report-finds-no-evidence-mass-fraud-maricopas-2020-election-rcna23336\">investigating<\/a> alleged voter fraud in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Masters has also received endorsements from Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, former National Security Advisor Robert O\u2019Brien and the Club for Growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is endorsing venture capitalist Blake Masters in the crowded Republican primary to challenge Democratic Arizona Sen. 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