NW Valley Times

U.S. Congressional candidate Blake Masters (R-AZ-8) said a new poll showing former President Donald Trump leading President Biden by four points in Arizona shows that voters felt better about the economy and a more secure border under Trump.

"More and more Arizonans are realizing that Biden is the worst president in history," Masters told NW Valley Times. "Voters remember how good we had it under Trump: the economy was healthy and the border was secure."

"This November, Arizona is going to reject Joe Biden’s efforts to turn America into a third-world country, and we’re going to elect Donald Trump," Masters said. "And it will be glorious."

Trump leads Biden 46 to 42 percent in a two-way race, according to the poll released yesterday by the League of American Workers (LAW). The former president is ahead of Biden 37 to 33 percent in a four-way race in which Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I), who is at 18 percent, and Cornell West (G), who is at 2 percent, are on the ballot.

Biden and Trump both won enough state primaries last week to become the presumptive nominees of their respective parties, setting up a rematch of the 2020 election, in which Biden won by receiving 302 electoral votes. Neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in Arizona in 2020, with Biden receiving 49.36% of the vote to Trump's 49.06%, reported the Grand Canyon Times.

Almost four years later, 59 percent of Arizona voters disapprove of the job Biden is doing on the economy, according to the LAW poll results. Those results are almost identical to the president’s 60 percent disapproval rating in LAW’s November 2023 Arizona poll. 

The survey released by LAW was conducted among 600 likely Arizona voters on March 14-17, 2024 by North Star Public Opinion Research. 

Founded in 2022 by political strategist and commentator Steve Cortes, LAW conducts research and develops proposals on public policies impacting American workers and the economy.

Masters is one of four candidates currently running in the Republican primary to represent the 8th Congressional District. The district is currently represented by U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko (R), who announced last year that she will be retiring at the end of the current term.

After growing up and attending high school in Tucson, Masters graduated from Stanford University and received his J.D. from Stanford Law School. He then co-founded legal research startup Judicata.

He is co-author of the bestselling business book, “Zero to One: Notes on a Startup” with Peter Thiel, and served as president of the Thiel Foundation. Masters married his wife, Catherine, in 2012 and they have three sons.