Former GOP Senate Candidate Blake Masters Announces Run for Congress

His announcement comes about a week after Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) said she would retire at the end of her current term.

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters speaks during his election night watch party in Chandler, Ariz., on Aug. 2, 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Blake Masters, a Republican who lost to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) in the 2022 midterm elections, announced on Thursday that he’s running for a U.S. House of Representatives seat in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, which includes suburbs north and west of Phoenix.

“I’m running for Congress, to fight for Arizona’s 8th,” Mr. Masters said in a post on X. “Biden has failed. We need Trump back. We need to stop inflation, Build the Wall, avoid WW3, and secure Arizona’s water future. We need to fight for our families.”