Jim Lamon, head of a solar power company and a supporter of former President Donald Trump, is the first Republican to enter the primary race in Arizona to compete for a Senate seat, hoping to oust incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a Democrat and former NASA astronaut.
Lamon enters the ring as the founder of Depcom Power, a Scottsdale-based firm that engineers and builds utility-scale solar plants. His campaign donation landing page calls on supporters to help him “kick off his campaign to take back the Senate majority,” which the GOP ceded in November to a 50-50 split in the upper chamber.
