NW Valley Times

U.S. Congressional Candidate Blake Masters (R-AZ-8) said today that Attorney General Kris Mayes (D-Ariz.) is an “unhinged communist” for her indictment earlier today of numerous Arizona allies of former President Donald Trump (R).

“The Democrat lawfare continues,” said Masters. “They know they can’t win at the ballot box, so the Democrats in charge simply persecute their political enemies”

“Attorney General Kris Mayes is an unhinged communist and this prosecution of President Trump and his allies is a travesty of justice,” Masters said.

Mayes announced today that the Arizona State Grand Jury returned indictments in Mayes' investigation into "alternate electors" following the 2020 Presidential Election. The indictment named the following defendants: Kelli Ward, Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, State Sen. Jacob Hoffman (R), State Sen. Anthony Kern, James Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Lorraine Pellegrino, Gregory Safsten, and Michael Ward.

There were additional defendants whose names have been redacted from the indictment. 

Mayes was elected Attorney General in the 2022 General Election. She served on the Arizona Corporate Commissions as a Republican from 2003 to 2011, a position to which she was appointed by former Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-Ariz.), for whom she worked as press sectary during Napolitano’s 2022 campaign.

A former Republican, Mayes was born in Prescott and attended Arizona State University, where she received her law degree.

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 four sons.