Saving Arizona, the PAC Peter Thiel put a record $15 million in to help Blake Masters win the Republican Senate nomination, reserved at least $50,000 in television ads beginning Friday, the New York Times first reported.
suggested in a tweet that the PAC had turned to other donors.
The Senate Leadership Fund, a PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., also scratched $8 million in reserved time in Arizona. Citing unnamed sources, theThe message to Thiel was blunt: Masters needs financial help and Republicans don't have unlimited resources. The back and forth over ad spending reflects the reality that Masters is not expected to financially compete with Kelly. In mid-July, two weeks before dispatching his Republican rivals, Masters' campaign had $1.6 million in available cash.
Masters began the general election campaign trailing Kelly in the limited polling by organizations not affiliated with the parties.
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