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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Primaries in key swing states test enduring appeal of Trump's false 2020 claims - NBC News

All eyes are on Arizona Tuesday as Republican primaries up and down the ballot test former President Donald Trump's continued sway over the GOP.

On a busy primary day, where voters in Michigan, Missouri, Washington and Kansas determine marquee statewide contests and general election match ups critical to control of Congress, the presidential swing state that delivered President Joe Biden his slimmest margin of victory in 2020 has emerged as a headliner.

Leading candidates in the Arizona GOP contests for Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general have nearly universally echoed Trump's lies about a stolen election, earning his endorsement. In particular, the close, contentious primary for governor offers one of the purest tests yet of how highly GOP voters prize fealty to Trump and allegiance to his false claims about the election.

Kari Lake, a longtime local news anchor backed by Trump and a number of MAGA influencers, has called Biden "illegitimate," bashed sitting Republican Gov. Doug Ducey as "do nothing Ducey" and suggested she won't accept the results of her election should her opponent prevail.

Karrin Taylor Robson, a real estate developer who worked in former President Ronald Reagan’s White House backed by Ducey, former Vice President Mike Pence and other elected GOP officials, has called the 2020 election "unfair" and refused to commit to certifying the next presidential election but refrained from saying it was stolen. (Ducey, who is term limited...



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