A new report suggests that venture capitalist and Arizona’s 2022 GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters will run again for office in 2024.

Masters, who was defeated by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) last fall, is expected to announce his candidacy in the coming weeks, according to The Wall Street Journal. Incumbent Senator Krysten Sinema (I-AZ) is up for re-election, but the state’s 2024 Senate GOP primary could prove to be contentious. Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has suggested she could also run for the seat next year.

Masters’ last campaign was one of the most watched races of the 2022 cycle as it was widely seen as a key battleground in determining control of the Senate. Kelly was one of the best-funded candidates of the 2022 cycle, having raised over $70 million over the course of the campaign. Masters’ campaign was hampered in general by poor fundraising relative to Kelly’s machine.

Kelly led for the majority of his race for re-election despite significant perceived headwinds for Democrats. During that race, the Democrat distanced himself from President Joe Biden, never requesting that Biden come to Arizona to campaign with him and demurring when asked about it by reporters.

Polls tightened between Kelly and Masters in the closing weeks of the race. With one week left until election day, the Libertarian candidate in the race, Marc Victor, announced that he was dropping out and endorsed Masters. While Victor never polled high, Masters touted the endorsement as a “major boost” in the close race against Kelly.

Ultimately, Kelly took home roughly 51% of the vote while Masters earned 46%.

Barrett Marson, an Arizona GOP strategist, predicted to POLITICO that Masters could have a tough time in 2024 if Lake enters the race.

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“I think he is now under the impression that maybe Kari Lake isn’t going to run, because I’ll tell you if Lake and Blake are both in, he is wasting his time,” he said. “They occupy the same lane. They have nearly the same name. And she has much better positive name ID among Republicans than Blake does.”

Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

In Washington, D.C., a 16-year-old girl is accused of fatally stabbing another 16-year-old girl during a fight over McDonald’s dipping sauce over the weekend.

At 2:00 a.m. ET Sunday morning, the teenager reportedly got into an argument with another 16-year-old girl outside of a McDonald’s near the popular U Street area of the nation’s capital. The victim allegedly began attacking the suspect before walking away. Then, according to security camera footage, the suspect allegedly lunged at the n0w-deceased girl and stabbed her to death. It’s unclear what exactly started the argument, but a D.C. detective testified in court that it began over sweet-and-sour sauce, The Washington Post reported.

“At the end of the day, someone is dead over a dispute over sauce,” D.C. Superior Court Judge Sherri Beatty-Arthur said in court Monday.

The suspect was charged with second-degree murder while armed and pleaded “not involved” on Monday. Per the Post, the prosecutor in the case said that the suspect is the only individual “who brought a knife to a fistfight.”

Beatty-Arthur ordered that the suspect be held until Friday for another hearing.

The shocking murder comes as D.C. is plagued by rising crime. This was the 13th individual under the age of 18 killed in D.C. this year. The violence is so bad that one D.C. Councilman has demanded that the National Guard be sent in to stop the chaos.

Critics say that the lawlessness is the result of years’ worth of anti-police rhetoric and policies:

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After the D.C. Council spent years pushing pro-criminal, anti-police policies, Democrat D.C. Councilman Trayon White calls on the National Guard to help address the rampant violent crime in the nation's capital. pic.twitter.com/WTABJMI8Zq

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 8, 2023

Even folks like D.C. council chairman Phil Mendelson, who earlier this year denied that there was a crisis in the city, are admitting that it has become ungovernable.

“You can get away with murder in this city,” he said point blank in July.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson: "You can get away with murder in this city — but that's true a lot of places!"

Q: "I'm sorry, did you just say you can get away with murder in this city?"

Mendelson: "That is what I said" pic.twitter.com/XuS0A5oscS

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 7, 2023

Meanwhile, citizens like Sabel Harris, chair of an Advisory Neighborhood Commission located near the McDonald’s, told the Post the tragedy was “horrifying.”

“I walk by that McDonald’s almost every single day,” she said. “My mind is just reeling from this.”

Harris is calling upon the mayor to do more.