Kari Lake: Arizona Senate Candidate Making Many National Appearances

In mid March, former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake found herself in unusual territory. Lake was not in her home state of Arizona, where she is running for the U.S. Senate this year. Instead, Ohio Republicans were glad to host the former television newscaster in Milford, where she was campaigning on behalf of Bernie Moreno, former president Donald Trump’s preferred Senate pick in that state’s GOP primary, which Moreno went on to win.

And adding to the intrigue, the Ohio trip came at Moreno’s request: His campaign asked her to fly in to stump for him to juice turnout in Republican-leaning areas of the state, according to people familiar with the matter. The tradeoff? Paying for her travel and helping facilitate meetings for her with Ohio-based GOP donors.

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Audrey Fahlberg was a politics reporter for National Review.

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In mid March, former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake found herself in unusual territory. Lake was not in her home state of Arizona, where she is running for the U.S. Senate this year. Instead, Ohio Republicans were glad to host the former television newscaster in Milford, where she was campaigning on behalf of Bernie Moreno, former president Donald Trump’s preferred Senate pick in that state’s GOP primary, which Moreno went on to win.

And adding to the intrigue, the Ohio trip came at Moreno’s request: His campaign asked her to fly in to stump for him to juice turnout in Republican-leaning areas of the state, according to people familiar with the matter. The tradeoff? Paying for her travel and helping facilitate meetings for her with Ohio-based GOP donors.