Trump-backed Republicans win GOP nominations

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Two Donald Trump-endorsed Republicans who have embraced the former President's 2020 election lies will win the GOP nominations for US Senate and secretary of state in Arizona, CNN projected Wednesday. Blake Masters, who has spread lies about the results of the 2020 election and accused Democrats of trying to "change the demographics" of the country, defeated businessman Jim Lamon and Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, among others, in the GOP primary Tuesday. Mark Finchem is aiming to be the chief elections officer in a state that conducts its voting largely by mail and has been the target of a series of conspiracy theories advanced by Trump and his allies, who falsely allege that the 2020 election was stolen from the former President. The Arizona secretary of state is the state's second-highest executive elected official and first in line to succeed the governor, as the state does not have a lieutenant governor. Finchem was a member of the far-right "Oath Keepers" in 2014 and was an organizer of the "Stop the Steal" movement spurred by Trump's lies about election fraud. ("I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” -- Friedrich Nietzsche)