Martha McSally pulls away to take home Arizona GOP Senate nod

Published August 29, 2018 3:26am ET



Rep. Martha McSally won a resounding victory in Tuesday’s Arizona Senate Republican primary, defeating former state Sen. Kelli Ward and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

McSally took home the win after pulling away from Ward over the final weeks of the primary campaign. In the closing stretch, McSally bashed Ward in a TV ad for past statements on President Trump and immigration before subsequently taking aim at likely Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema less than a week before election day.

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