Doug Ducey rules out run for Senate

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Gov. Doug Ducey closed the door on a bid for Arizona‘s highly competitive Senate seat, a blow to the Republican Party establishment while satiating the Trump wing.

The term-limited governor told donors in a letter he was an executive “by nature and by training” and that he would instead focus on rallying support for Republicans in competitive races across the state, capitulating to the express wishes of former President Donald Trump that he sit out.

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