Peter Thiel protege Blake Masters launches US Senate run in Arizona
NY Post
An executive at Peter Thiel’s venture capital fund is running for a US Senate seat with $10 million in backing from his boss.
Blake Masters, the 34-year-old chief operating officer at investment firm Thiel Capital and a former protege of the billionaire at Stanford, announced Monday that he is running as a Republican to unseat Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in 2022. In his campaign launch, Masters pledged to “completely end illegal immigration” and fight “indoctrination” in the school system.More Related News