by Charlotte Hazard
Arizona GOP Senate candidate Sheriff Mark Lamb slammed his primary opponent Kari Lake, saying that she doesn’t have experience to run for the seat.
“One person doesn’t have any experience … really just in the media,” Lamb said on the “Furthermore with Amanda Head” podcast. “Then I come to the table. I’ve had eight years experience politically. I’ve run two successful elections. I’ve been in the legislature, but I’ve also been active in managing a budget of over $60 million [and] I’ve balanced that budget.”
Lamb is the sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona. Lake ran for governor of Arizona in 2022 and lost to current Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and contested the results of the election, arguing that thousands of Republican voters were disenfranchised on Election Day.
“While we may have similar views on things and conservative ideas, I am a lifelong conservative,” Lamb said. “I’ve never changed. I’ve never been a Democrat. I’ve never given a dollar to a Democrat. I have been a lifelong conservative.”
Lake faced backlash from some conservatives when it was revealed she registered to vote as a Democrat in 2008. She said it was due to the endless wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She re-registered as a Republican in 2012, according to local news.
“My conservative values are deep,” Lamb said. “They’re lifelong. They’re unwavering. I don’t change. I don’t flip flop. I don’t go out and say what you want just so that I can get your vote. I’m a man who believes in what I believe in, but I’m also somebody that’s easy to get along with and I work towards finding solutions to problems, not creating more problems.”
Lamb said that his experience as a sheriff will prepare him if he gets elected to the U.S. Senate.
“When your house is on fire or there’s thieves in your house or there’s a domestic situation, you don’t call a politician. You call a sheriff,” Lamb said. “Why? Because we’re trained in experience and restoring balance and order to chaos. We’re expected to show up within minutes and start to restore balance and order.”
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Charlotte Hazard is a 2022 Liberty University alumni who graduated with a major in journalism and a minor in government.
Photo “Mark Lamb” by Mark Lamb. Photo “Kari Lake” by Kari Lake.
