PHOENIX - With the Aug. 24 primary about a week away, businessman Steve Moak has parlayed Ben Quayle’s fall from grace into frontrunner status in the crowded Republican field for the GOP nomination in Congressional District 3.
Moak recently put about $300,000 of his own money into his campaign for District 3, which covers north Phoenix and Paradise Valley, and he’s expected to continue the aggressive TV advertising campaign that helped lead his surge in the polls.
Quayle, the one-time frontrunner, saw his lead evaporate in the past couple weeks, largely due to misleading campaign mailers and his connections to thedirty.com , a racy, sex-themed website that was started originally to poke fun at Scottsdale nightlife.
The owner of the site announced last week that Quayle helped start dirtyscottsdale.com, a precursor to thedirty.com, and was a frequent contributor under the pseudonym “Brock Landers,” a fictional porn star the movie Boogie Nights.
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