{"id":2252031,"date":"2024-05-24T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-dakota-governor-endorses-kari-lake-senate-run-in-arizona\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T14:37:24","slug":"north-dakota-governor-endorses-kari-lake-senate-run-in-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-dakota-governor-endorses-kari-lake-senate-run-in-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Governor supports Kari Lake&#8217;s Senate bid in Arizona"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnorth-dakota-governor-endorses-kari-lake-senate-run-in-arizona%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=2252031&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--><p>The summary: Governor Doug Burgum from North Dakota has publicly\u2064 endorsed Kari Lake for the Senate seat in Arizona. The endorsement highlights Lake as the\u2064 preferred candidate to advance former President Donald Trump&#8217;s agenda if re-elected. Burgum emphasizes Lake&#8217;s ability to \u2062lead the \u2064nation towards safety,\u2064 prosperity, and peace. This support is crucial in the upcoming 2024 election, where Republicans aim to\u200d win the Senate. However, recent polls show Lake trailing behind Democratic candidate Ruben Gallego by\u2064 13 points, as reported by YouGov and CBS\u200c News.\u2062 The Cook Political \u2063Report also \u2062echoes this trend by\u200c shifting the race rating to favor the Democratic candidate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE <\/strong>\u2014 Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Doug Burgum<\/a> (R-ND) will back Kari Lake\u2019s Senate bid in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Arizona\">Arizona<\/a>, marking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2927183\/gop-senators-back-kari-lake-ted-budd-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>latest high-profile endorsement<\/a> for the Republican candidate in what is shaping up to be one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffes-daughter-gives-the-middle-finger-to-glenn-youngkin-signs\/\" title=\"Terry McAuliffe\u2019s Daughter Gives the Middle Finger to Glenn Youngkin Signs\u00a0\">closely watched elections<\/a> of the 2024 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum endorsed Lake on Friday, arguing she is the best candidate to help former President Donald Trump enforce his agenda should he be elected to a second term in the White House, according to a statement from the governor first shared with the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the US Senate, Kari will be an unstoppable force for commonsense. She has what it takes to lead our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace,\u201d Burgum said. \u201cKari Lake has my complete and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kelli-ward-reelected-as-ariz-gop-chairwoman\/\" title=\"Kelli Ward reelected as Ariz. GOP chairwoman\">total endorsement<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The support comes as Republicans eye the Senate race in Arizona as one of the party\u2019s best opportunities to seize control of the upper chamber next year. However, recent polling shows Lake trailing behind the Democratic candidate, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), by roughly 13 percentage points, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/senate\/2024\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to a poll<\/a> conducted by YouGov and CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>That polling was reinforced after the nonpartisan <em>Cook Political Report <\/em>shifted the race from being rated a \u201ctossup\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3007937\/democrats-get-leg-up-battleground-arizona-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>to \u201clean Democratic.\u201d<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>But Lake\u2019s allies, such as Burgum, have repeatedly pointed to Trump\u2019s polling in Arizona against President Joe Biden as a good sign for her campaign. Lake has closely aligned herself with the former president, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/arizona\/trump-vs-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>leads<\/a> Biden by 5 points in the state, and Trump has endorsed her candidacy. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m honored to have the support of one of the rising voices in the America First movement, Governor Doug Burgum!\u201d Lake said in a statement. \u201cAs a successful businessman and Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum recognizes how critical it is to improve our economy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/small-business-owner-on-bidens-policies-supply-cost-up-600-electricity-20-higher\/\" title=\"Small Business Owner on Biden\u2019s Policies: Supply Cost up 600%, Electricity 20% Higher\">restore energy independence<\/a>, and strengthen our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake is also endorsed by a wave of Trump allies and Senate Republicans, including members of leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are 34 Senate seats up for grabs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 election cycle<\/a>. Of these, Democrats must defend 23, compared to just 11 for Republicans \u2014 and nearly all competitive seats are held by Democrats, putting them on the defensive as they try to maintain their narrow control of the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats hold a 51-49 majority, with the advantage of having Vice President Kamala Harris as a tiebreaker vote if needed. As a result, Republicans only need to flip one Senate seat to win the majority should they win back the White House in 2024. If they don\u2019t regain the Oval Office, they need to secure two extra Senate seats.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND) endorses Kari Lake&#8217;s Senate campaign in Arizona, adding to the list of notable supporters for the Republican candidate in the highly anticipated 2024 election. Burgum, backing Lake on Friday, sees her as the ideal choice to support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2252032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kari-lake-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kari-lake-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252031","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}