Check back throughout the evening for updates about these important races in Arizona. Up-to-the-minute results powered by DDHQ are below. For all races across the U.S., click here.
UPDATE, Nov.9, 8:05 a.m.: With 67.6% of Arizona reporting, the race has tightened back up. Katie Hobbs’s lead over Kari Lake is down to 50.9%–49.1%. Just over 30,000 votes separate the two, out of over 1,758,000 ballots counted as of now. In the Senate race, Mark Kelly’s lead over Blake Masters is more substantial at 51.9% to 45.9%.
UPDATE, 12:36 a.m.: With much of the game day vote still to tabulate, Democrats continue to lead in all the major races in Arizona. Democrat Katie Hobbs is leading the gubernatorial race with 56.67% of the vote over Kari Lake’s (R) 43.33% with 55% reporting. Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly is leading with 57.77% of the vote for Senate over Blake Masters’ (R) 39.95% with about 55% of the vote in. Furthermore, Democrat Adrian Fontes is beating Republican Mark Finchem for Arizona Secretary of State by 59.03% over 40.97% with 54% reporting. And Democrat Kris Hayes is leading with 56.47% of the vote over Republican Abraham Hamadeh (43.53%) with 54% reporting.
Kari Lake did tweet about a seeming trend of Republican-heavy game day voting.
HUGE. Election Day Voters breaking for @KariLake more than we ever expected. MORE DROPS COMING! pic.twitter.com/UmgJK6R1xv
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) November 9, 2022
UPDATE, 11:03 p.m.: The polls officially closed in Arizona and, with the pre-election day vote, results show a large lead for Democrats, according to Fox News. Democrat Katie Hobbs is leading with 57.04% of the vote over Kari Lake’s 42.96% with 47.01% reporting in the gubernatorial race, and Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly leads 58.13% of the vote over Blake Masters’ 39.59% with 47.28% reporting in the Senate race. AZ-8 and AZ-9 House races have been called for Republicans.
Original article:
Arizona has multiple key races to keep an eye on tonight. Donald Trump-endorsed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) has become a rising star in the MAGA movement and perhaps the most high-profile Republican candidate in an election cycle full of high-stakes races. Lake is running against Democrat and current Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who was implicated in the 2020 election fraud scandal.
Lake’s ability to troll her opposition — for instance, by writing a thank-you to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for campaigning against her and thus increasing her campaign donations — and her hardcore MAGA stances have infuriated the left. A new Media Research Center study found that 100% of evening broadcast coverage of Lake on NBC, CBS, and ABC was negative. Yet as of Nov. 1, a Phillips Academy poll showed Lake with an 11-point lead over Hobbs (53%–42%), including a strong lead among non-affiliated voters.
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Trump-endorsed Republican Blake Masters is challenging Democrat incumbent Mark Kelly in the Arizona U.S. Senate race. Masters, like Lake, has stirred up the media with his MAGA policies and stances, including support for reinstatement with backpay of fired unvaccinated military. Though initially trailing Kelly, Masters surged in the polls, partly due to a strong debate performance; the final Emerson College Polling survey showed Masters barely ahead of Kelly, with Masters at 48% and Kelly at 47%.
A couple of other races in Arizona have garnered some international attention too, as the Republican candidates received support from Trump, Lake, and Masters. Former Army Reserve intelligence officer Abe Hamadeh (R) is challenging Kris Hayes (D) in the Arizona attorney general race. Trump-endorsed Hamadeh has taken a strong stance on election integrity and voter fraud. A mid-October poll from Arizona’s Family/Highground showed Hamadeh leading in his race by five points.
State Rep. Mark Finchem (R-11) is facing off with former Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes (D) in the Arizona secretary of state race. A CDMedia Big Data Poll reposted by Finchem’s campaign in early October showed Finchem with a narrow 45% lead over Fontes’s 42.5%.
This means that heading into Election Day, all the members of what Lake’s “War Room” called the Republican “Fantastic Four” are projected to win their races.
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