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With outside help, Ducey spends big to keep GOP Senate majority
Gov. Doug Ducey really doesn’t want to have to deal with a Democratic Senate this coming session. The governor is so interested in making sure the chamber remains in Republican hands that he has already spent close to $200,000 to help candidates in potentially close races.
Groups spend big, have little to show for it
Outside groups dug deep into their war chests and poured millions of dollars into state Senate races, splurging in amounts unmatched in Arizona history and inundating voters with attack ads.
Flake defeats Carmona in U.S. Senate race
Jeff Flake entered the race more than a year and a half ago as Arizona’s U.S. senator in waiting, only to end up facing the Democrats’ toughest candidate in a quarter century. But the Democrats’ best play for an Arizona Senate seat since 1988 wasn’t enough to keep the six-term congressman down.
