Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake’s campaign office in east Phoenix was placed in lockdown and then evacuated Tuesday after a staffer opened a letter containing a suspicious substance.

The letter reportedly contained a note that read, “caution anthrax.” Lake was not at the office when the letter was opened.

The Phoenix bomb squad was dispatched to the office located near 40th Street and Camelback Road to test the substance, which was not deemed to be hazardous, KPNX-TV reported.

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