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Bob Parsons spends $1M on Christine Jones’ run for governor — GoDaddy founder

Parsons paying for attack ads against former employee’s competition for Governor.

GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons is lending a helping hand to his former employee Christine Jones.

Jones, who was GoDaddy’s general counsel, is now running for governor of Arizona.

Parsons stated he has by now spent $1M funding Better Leaders for Arizona, which is running attack ads against competitor Doug Ducey. He might spend more.

Parsons’ role in the ads was suspected following one of the ads was connected to a marketing and advertising firm he purchased.

As stated by AZCentral, Parsons decided to out his funding following Ducey attacked Jones during a debate as “a line employee at GoDaddy with no leadership experience.”

Say what you want regarding Jones’ tenure at GoDaddy, but she certainly wasn’t just a line employee.

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