{"id":2169764,"date":"2024-02-06T20:37:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/masters-tied-with-hamadeh-for-arizona-house-as-trump-factors-into-race-internal-poll\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T20:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:38:59","slug":"masters-tied-with-hamadeh-for-arizona-house-as-trump-factors-into-race-internal-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/masters-tied-with-hamadeh-for-arizona-house-as-trump-factors-into-race-internal-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Masters and Hamadeh in tight race for Arizona House as Trump influences: Poll"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmasters-tied-with-hamadeh-for-arizona-house-as-trump-factors-into-race-internal-poll%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=2169764&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--><h2>Blake Masters \u2064Tied with Trump-Backed Candidate in Arizona House Race<\/h2>\n<p>According \u2062to an \u200cinternal polling memo commissioned by Blake Masters&#8217;s campaign, the former Senate candidate is in a dead heat with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twice-failed-candidate-beto-orourke-considering-run-for-texas-governor\/\" title=\"Twice-Failed Candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke Considering Run For Texas Governor\">candidate backed<\/a>\u200b by former\u200b President Donald\u2063 Trump in the race for Arizona&#8217;s 8th \u2062Congressional District. \u2063The memo, which was first shared with the Washington Examiner, reveals\u200c that Masters and Republican Abe Hamadeh both have 24% support from likely Republican\u2063 primary voters.<\/p>\n<p>The other\u200b candidates in the race are trailing behind, with former Rep. Trent Franks at 9%, State House Speaker Ben Toma at 3%, political newcomer Isiah Gallegos\u200d at 3%, and state Sen. Anthony Kern at 1%. About 35% of respondents \u200dwere undecided.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, conducted by Fabrizio, Lee &#038; Associates, \u200dalso found that\u200d Masters is well-known among more than 90% of \u2064Republican primary voters in the \u2062district. He also has a\u2064 47% favorable opinion, compared to\u200c Hamadeh&#8217;s 38%.<\/p>\n<p>Although both Hamadeh and Masters were endorsed by \u200cTrump in their \u2062previous campaigns, Hamadeh currently has Trump&#8217;s endorsement for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">congressional race<\/a>. \u200bHowever, when voters\u2064 were reminded that Trump endorsed Masters in his Senate race last year, Masters gained a\u200c slight lead at \u200b31%.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, which included 400 likely Republican primary \u200dvoters, \u200dwas conducted via\u2064 phone calls and text messages. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner has reached out \u2062to both Masters&#8217;s and Hamadeh&#8217;s campaigns for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Blake Masters&#8217; support change when \u2063voters were reminded of former President Trump&#8217;s endorsement in his Senate race<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Blake\u200d Masters, a former Senate candidate, is neck and neck \u200dwith a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-stars-get-head-start-on-2028-battle-to-succeed-biden\/\" title=\"Democratic rising stars already positioning themselves for the 2028 race to succeed Biden.\">candidate\u200b backed<\/a> by former President \u200bDonald Trump in the race for Arizona&#8217;s 8th Congressional District, according \u2064to an\u2063 internal polling memo commissioned by \u2064Masters&#8217;s campaign. The memo, which was shared \u2064with the \u2063Washington Examiner, reveals that both\u200c Masters and Republican Abe Hamadeh have\u200d the support of\u2064 24% of \u2063likely \u200dRepublican primary voters.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dother candidates in \u200dthe race are significantly behind, with former Rep. Trent \u2064Franks at 9%, State House Speaker\u200c Ben \u200dToma at 3%, political newcomer Isiah Gallegos at 3%, and state Sen. Anthony Kern at 1%. \u200cThe memo also\u2064 found that about 35% \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dixon-whitmer-in-statistical-tie-new-poll-finds-michigan-race-going-down-to-the-wire\/\" title=\"Dixon, Whitmer In Statistical Tie, New Poll Finds; Michigan Race Going \u2018Down To The Wire\u2019\">respondents remained undecided<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, conducted by Fabrizio, \u200dLee &#038; Associates, further highlighted that Masters is well-known among over 90% of\u2064 Republican primary voters in the district. Moreover, he has a favorable opinion of 47%, \u200bsurpassing\u2064 Hamadeh&#8217;s 38%.<\/p>\n<p>While both candidates had the endorsement of former President Trump in\u200b previous campaigns, it is worth mentioning that Hamadeh currently holds Trump&#8217;s\u2063 endorsement for this congressional race. However, when voters were \u200breminded that Trump endorsed Masters\u2062 in his Senate race last year, Masters gained a slight lead at\u2062 31%.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062survey, consisting of \u2063400 likely Republican primary voters, was conducted through phone calls and text messages. The margin of \u2063error for this poll is plus or minus 4.9 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington\u2064 Examiner has reached\u2063 out to the campaigns of Masters\u200b and Hamadeh for their comments on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the internal polling memo \u200csuggests a \u200dtight race between\u200c Blake Masters and Abe Hamadeh for\u2063 Arizona&#8217;s 8th Congressional District. Despite Trump&#8217;s endorsement of Hamadeh, Masters\u2063 remains a \u200cstrong contender with \u2063significant support and favorable opinions among Republican primary voters. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-rep-chuy-garcia-gets-democratic-challenger-for-2024-primary\/\" title=\"Illinois Rep. Chuy Garcia faces Democratic challenger in 2024 primary.\">primary election approaches<\/a>, it will be interesting to see how these candidates navigate their campaigns and \u2064respond to the preferences of the undecided voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blake Masters, who previously lost a Senate bid in Arizona, is now running for the state&#8217;s 8th Congressional District. An internal polling memo commissioned by Masters&#8217;s campaign reveals that he is in a tight race with a candidate supported by former President Donald Trump for the deep-red Arizona House seat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2169764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2169764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2169764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2169764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}