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Once McCain’s party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots

FILE - Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Arizona Republican candidate for governor, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs up to the crowd as former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Supporters of former President Donald Trump cheer on Kari Lake, a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, during her speech at a Save America rally July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) FILE - Supporters of former President Donald Trump cheer on Kari Lake, who is running for the Republican nomination for Arizona governor, during her speech at a Save America rally on July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. Lake, a well-known former television anchor, has delighted the segments of the GOP base that have long been at odds with their party’s establishment and want their leaders to confront Democrats, not compromise with them. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)