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Election Night in Arizona: ‘MAGA Is Not The Way It Used to Be’
A Kari Lake supporter at the election night gathering at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
Waiting for the red wave among Kari Lake’s supporters in Scottsdale.
By Peter Savodnik
11.09.22 — U.S. Politics
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—It was supposed to be a “red tsunami.” 

Not just a wave. And not just the House. But the Senate, the governorships, and state legislatures. We were told it would be the end of the politics of race, gender fluidity, drag queen brunches, undocumented workers, homeless encampments, Dr. Fauci, ESG, RINOs—followed by the rebirth of America F…

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Peter Savodnik
Peter Savodnik is senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair as well as GQ, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other publications, reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South Asia, and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.
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