Masters family profile from campaign photo
By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez | Arizona Republic
Masters, a 34-year-old Tucson resident and first-time candidate who has been mulling a Senate run since 2019, plans to play up his youth and business experience in his pitch to voters.
He runs the investment firm and foundation founded by Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and early investor in Facebook.
“There’s a youthness and a freshness, fresh perspective that we really badly need, and that’s what I bring to the table,” he told The Arizona Republic ahead of his announcement.
“Experience matters, and doing stuff in the real world matters, and I think at 34 years old I’ve done a lot and have succeeded in a lot of various things. … Being a conventional politician and being in office forever is sort of overrated.”
Masters joins Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich; solar power executive Jim Lamon; and Michael “Mick” McGuire, the retired adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard in the GOP primary field.
