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																	| MAGA
															Republican extremist Pamela 
															Carter ran for 
															election for an 
															at-large seat of the 
															Scottsdale City 
															Council in Arizona. 
															She lost in the 
															general election on 
															November 8, 2022. 
																	Carter 
																	
																	is 
																	running for 
																	election to 
																	the Arizona 
																	House of 
																	Representatives 
																	to represent 
																	District 4. 
																	She is on 
																	the ballot 
																	in the 
																	general 
																	election on 
																	November 5, 
																	2024. She 
																	advanced 
																	from the 
																	Republican 
																	primary on 
																	July 30, 
																	2024. |  |  
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																		| Lynda 
																		Carter’s 
																		Sister 
																		Is 
																		Running 
																		In
																		
																		
																	
																		A 
																		Key 
																		Arizona 
																		Race. 
																		Wonder 
																		Woman Is 
																		Sounding 
																		The 
																		Alarm. |  
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															Mother Jones 
															illustration; ABC 
															Photo 
															Archives/Disney 
															General 
															Entertainment 
															Content/Getty |  |  
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																		| "Arizona’s 
																		fourth 
																		legislative 
																		district, 
																		located 
																		in the 
																		suburban 
																		heart of 
																		Maricopa 
																		County, 
																		might be 
																		the 
																		ultimate 
																		bellwether 
																		in the 
																		ultimate 
																		bellwether 
																		state. 
																		And this 
																		fall, 
																		the 
																		stakes 
																		are 
																		impossibly 
																		high, 
																		not just 
																		at the 
																		presidential 
																		level—where 
																		polls 
																		show
																		
																		Donald 
																		Trump 
																		and 
																		Kamala 
																		Harris 
																		in a 
																		dead 
																		heat—but 
																		all the 
																		way down 
																		the 
																		ballot. 
																		Republicans 
																		control 
																		both 
																		chambers 
																		of the 
																		legislature 
																		by just 
																		one 
																		vote. In 
																		Arizona, 
																		where 
																		each 
																		legislative 
																		district 
																		elects 
																		two 
																		representatives, 
																		control 
																		of the 
																		state 
																		house 
																		could 
																		come 
																		down to 
																		Democrats’ 
																		efforts 
																		to flip 
																		one seat 
																		and hold 
																		another 
																		in this 
																		district 
																		that 
																		includes 
																		parts of 
																		Phoenix 
																		and 
																		Scottsdale. |  
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																		| In their 
																		quest to 
																		hold 
																		onto the 
																		legislature, 
																		Republicans 
																		have 
																		turned 
																		to a 
																		member 
																		of a 
																		famous 
																		Arizona 
																		family—Pamela 
																		Carter, 
																		older 
																		sister 
																		of the 
																		original 
																		Wonder 
																		Woman, 
																		Lynda 
																		Carter. 
																		On the 
																		campaign 
																		trail, 
																		the 
																		candidate 
																		Carter 
																		has 
																		talked 
																		up her 
																		work as 
																		a 
																		successful 
																		entrepreneur 
																		and a 
																		record 
																		of 
																		academic 
																		accomplishment, 
																		and
																		
																		boasts 
																		of 
																		having 
																		“my 
																		family’s 
																		full 
																		support” 
																		for her 
																		state 
																		house 
																		run. But 
																		a review 
																		of her 
																		record 
																		and past 
																		statements 
																		tells a 
																		much 
																		different 
																		story: 
																		In 
																		contrast 
																		to the 
																		fourth 
																		district’s 
																		moderate 
																		profile, 
																		Carter 
																		is a 
																		fervently 
																		anti-abortion 
																		minister 
																		who has 
																		been 
																		“blessed 
																		with 
																		end-time 
																		revelation” 
																		and who 
																		has made 
																		confusing 
																		claims 
																		about 
																		her 
																		past. 
																		And one 
																		notable 
																		member 
																		of her 
																		family 
																		is not 
																		on 
																		board—her 
																		famous 
																		sister, 
																		an 
																		advocate 
																		for 
																		reproductive 
																		rights. |  
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																		| “On her 
																		website, 
																		Pam 
																		claims 
																		to have 
																		her 
																		‘family’s 
																		full 
																		support,'” 
																		Lynda 
																		Carter 
																		said in 
																		a 
																		statement 
																		to 
																		Mother 
																		Jones. “I 
																		have 
																		known 
																		Pam my 
																		entire 
																		life, 
																		which is 
																		why I 
																		sadly 
																		cannot 
																		endorse 
																		her for 
																		this or 
																		any 
																		public 
																		office.”" |  
																		| Sep. 13, 
																		2024 |  
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