Kaitlyn Seavers
(Arizona Mirror) Democrat Katie Hobbs is the predicted winner of the Arizona gubernatorial race, following a six-day vote tally that put Arizonas and others across the country on the edge of the seat.
The Associated Press declared Hobbes the winner at Republican Kari Lake on Monday night after Maricopa County, the state’s most populous county, added about 72,000 new votes to its count.
lake is close like to win, Hobbes emerged victorious when early votes in Maricopa County arrived late, failing to lead Lake to a come-from-behind victory as the Republicans and their allies had assured. However, these predictions failed to materialize, and Hobbes’ lead by a wide margin in Pima County’s early balloting was able to cap Lake’s second-half gains.
Hobbes maintained his lead of 20,481 votes after votes were tallied statewide on Monday. With less than 15,000 of his remaining votes counted in Maricopa County, about half of which are provisional votes, many of which don’t count in the end, there’s no way for Lake to win.
Arizona Democratic Party Chairman Raquel Terran said in a statement, “This is not just a win for the Democratic Party, it’s a win for everyone in Arizona.” We will put people first and work to address our state’s biggest problems, including rising costs and public education.To Arizona for rejecting extremism and putting our state’s dignity first. appreciate.”
In an email to supporters, Hobbes declared victory.
“I am so honored and proud to be contacting you for the first time as Governor-elect Katie Hobbs!” Read the email with the subject line “Won!”
“We chose sanity over chaos. We chose unity over division. We chose better Arizona,” the email continued. “And we chose the democracy that made America the greatest and most prosperous nation in world history.”
About an hour after major media organizations called for Hobbs to run, Lake posted a short statement on Twitter.
“Arizonans know by watching BS,” she said. I have written.
Shortly before the Maricopa County vote tally was released on Monday, Lake took to Twitter to criticize Maricopa County registrar Stephen Richer. Started PAC last year It was intended to help Republican candidates who did not endorse former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. He said he did not prove Biden’s victory.
“Shouldn’t election officials be fair? Those who run the election are on a mission to bring down the First Republicans of America. Incredible,” she said. wrote on twitter.
Richer’s PAC raised about $88,000 and didn’t use it at all for or against the candidate.
The Arizona election results were a surprising denunciation of Trump-backed 2020 election naysayers, including Lake, US Senator candidate Blake Masters, and Secretary of State candidate Mark Finkem.
If Democrat Chris Mays is elected Attorney General, it will be the first time since 1972 that Democrats will participate in the statewide top three elections in Arizona.
When the tally closed on Monday, Mays had 50.1% of the vote against Republican Abe Hamade’s 49.9%.
Meanwhile, Republican Tom Horn led Democratic incumbent Kathy Hoffman in the race for superintendent of public education with 50.1% of the vote, compared to 49.9% for Democratic incumbent Kathy Hoffman. . With only 5,577 votes she separates the two.
National Democratic candidate went much better than expectedespecially in the midterm elections with the president not particularly popularaccording to a poll.
Over the weekend, incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly was declared the winner of the US Senate race over Masters, and Democrat Adrian Fontes was declared the likely winner of the secretary of state race over Finchem. .
With more Democratic candidates claiming expected victories over the weekend and other races remaining close, Republican candidates and their supporters urged voters to check with their counties. Confirm that your vote has been accepted If not, fix the issue.
Maricopa County released the results of 72,523 voters Monday night. This means that approximately 98.6% of the votes in the county were tallied.
About 7,600 Maricopa County ballots remained as of Monday, with signatures on the envelopes not matching those on file for voters or other issues voters need to fix before the deadline. It means that there is 5 p.m. Wednesday. Election officials try to reach out to these voters to resolve their issues.
Republicans continue sow seeds of suspicion Republicans in Arizona argued that a printer issue that caused problems with ballot counting at some 70 vote centers in Maricopa County disproportionately impacted Republicans.Analysis by Washington Post it turned out not to be true.
‘Voter Suppression Has Raised An Ugly Head In Arizona At The Hand Of Maricopa County,’ Says Speaker Kelly Ward said in a November 13 statement“Some think it’s just incompetence, others question cheating. This is simply unacceptable. It needs to be fixed before this election is accredited. Exit polls show.” , Republican voters were disproportionately disenfranchised by Maricopa County’s incompetence.”
Ward urged those who feel they have experienced voter suppression to file complaints with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
