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Meet Jeff Halperin, Republican politician Kari Lake’s husband: the Trump-loving ex-anchor ran for a Senate seat in Arizona – while her Emmy-nominated videographer hubby filmed her ‘24 hours’

Meet videographer Jeff Halperin, Republican politician Kari Lake’s husband. Photo: @karilake/Instagram
Meet videographer Jeff Halperin, Republican politician Kari Lake’s husband. Photo: @karilake/Instagram

Halperin and Lake met at work and, in 2022 when she ran for governor, he reportedly documented her every move and recorded her conversations so that she would not be ‘misrepresented’ by the media

Former Fox 10 news anchor and journalist Kari Lake is putting her political credentials to the test as the Republican nominee in the Senate election in Arizona – which has still not been called at the time of writing.

Lake made headlines last month for refusing to acknowledge that she lost the 2022 governor’s race in the state, and previously echoed Donald Trump’s claims that there was election fraud.
“When you elect Trump for president and Kari Lake to the United States Senate, we will make that dream a reality,” Kari Lake wrote two weeks ago. Photo: @karilake/Instagram
“When you elect Trump for president and Kari Lake to the United States Senate, we will make that dream a reality,” Kari Lake wrote two weeks ago. Photo: @karilake/Instagram
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Lake, a well-known media personality, quit journalism to focus on politics. She’s repeatedly said that she felt let down by the media, and has since become a firm Trump supporter and MAGA spokesperson.

As she rallied for support on the campaign trail, her husband Jeff Halperin was next to her around the clock, Lake revealed recently on X (formerly Twitter). In 2022, Time reported that Halperin, a professional videographer, recorded her every move and what she said to journalists so that she would not be “misrepresented”.

Kari Lake and her husband Jeff Halperin. Photo: @karilake/Instagram
Kari Lake and her husband Jeff Halperin. Photo: @karilake/Instagram

Here is what you need to know about the man who has become his wife’s full-time cameraman.

Jeff Halperin has Colombian roots

Kari and Her husband Jeff sit down with activist reporter

While his wife has been outspoken about enforcing stricter border control between the US and its neighbours, Halperin has proudly boasted about his Colombian heritage. In an interview on Lake’s YouTube channel, Halperin said his mother was Colombian and came to Chicago in search of work in the 60s. She met her husband – Halperin’s father – and later became a US citizen.

He spoke about how “amazing” it was to experience two different cultures while growing up, explaining how he visited Colombia often: “My first language was Spanish. That’s what we spoke at home … and so I picked that up first, and then I picked up English watching Sesame Street.”