Polls have shown Victor garnering support in the low single digits, but his small bloc of supporters could provide a critical boost in the Masters as polls show the Republican trailing Kelly by only a few percentage points. “Don’t vote for Marc Victor for Senate, vote for Blake Masters,” Victor said Tuesday. “Blake is in a very close race here with Mark Kelly and I want to see him win.” Victor virtually met with Masters before leaving the match and posted a video of their roughly 20-minute conversation. “Although we don’t see eye to eye, I feel very confident after this conversation that Blake Masters will do everything he can to advance the interests of the Live and Let Live Global Peace Movement,” Victor said. , referring to an initiative he founded in 2019. “Will he probably do some things that I’m not excited about? Yes, I think so,” Victor added. “Is it possible that he’s doing other things that I’m very happy with? Yes. There are no perfect options here, I think we have to recognize that.” Masters, a former executive at conservative philanthropist Peter Thiel’s venture capital fund, is challenging Kelly in one of the nation’s most competitive Senate races, which has become tighter as Election Day nears. Kelly previously held a sizable lead after winning the Masters primary as the jogger’s fundraising business allowed him a stateside advertising onslaught. Meanwhile, a GOP super PAC with ties to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) canceled millions of dollars worth of ad reservations in the state in late September. But Masters has benefited from a recent influx of outside spending from groups like Club for Growth and former President Trump’s MAGA, Inc. Whoopi Goldberg calls out Fox News after Paul Pelosi attack: ‘Some of it is in your hands’ What America is thinking: October 21, 2022 The nonpartisan Cook Political Report last week changed its rating from “weak Democratic” to “surging” after private polling showed Kelly’s lead shrinking. A poll by the left-leaning Data for Progress released last Wednesday showed the candidates tied at 47 percent each, while other recent surveys have also recorded a narrow gap within their margins of error. Some strategists have suggested that Masters is benefiting from the presence of Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor of Arizona, who has led her Democratic opponent in recent polls.
