Posted on 11/09/2022 1:31:20 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
PHOENIX — Democrat Katie Hobbs lost ground overnight to Republican Kari Lake in the race for Arizona governor.
Hobbs led 50.3%-49.7% in numbers released around 7 a.m. Wednesday by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, down from her previous share of 51.3%.
Only 11,726 votes separate the candidates.
Lake, the former television news anchor with Fox 10, won the Republican nomination over Karrin Taylor Robson and centered her campaign around the values of former President Donald Trump.
Her television-ready demeanor, confrontations with journalists and combative message for Democrats made the first-time candidate a rising star on the right whose future in national politics is already being debated.
Hobbs, Arizona’s Secretary of State, easily won the Democratic nomination on the strength of her rebuttal of fraud claims pertaining to the 2020 election.
The two candidates never debated during the cycle, a decision Hobbs said was due to her belief Lake “was only interested in a spotlight and creating a spectacle.”
The results will be a window into the pulse of the electorate in Arizona, a longtime Republican stronghold that turned toward Democrats during the Trump era.
They’ll provide insight into whether Biden’s success here in 2020 was a onetime event or the onset of a long-term shift away from the GOP.
Tensions between Hobbs and Lake continued into the final weeks before the election.
Hobbs’ campaign office was broken into Oct. 24, a crime the Democrat attributed to Lake’s words and actions.
No link was found between the accused thief and Lake’s campaign.
Polling averages had the two candidates close in the months leading up to the election.
FiveThirtyEight had Lake up 2.4 percentage points, while RealClearPolitics had Lake with an advantage of 3.5 percentage points on Tuesday.
Lookin Good.
Hopefully Kari will actually win this.
Hobbs is a smarmy, spoiled entitled democrat who WOULD NOT DEBATE Lake because she knew she doesn’t have the brains or the policies to stand up in a debate.
Still a lot of ballots from red Maricopa to be counted.
Like most Democrat policies, Democrats cannot defend them when pressed. That is why they want censorship.
Last I read said there were around 400k ballots still uncounted and I haven’t seen any updates since this morning. From the ground down here it looks like AZ has pretty much stopped counting. If we get a final tally before Christmas I’ll be surprised.
Look at Nevada senator race. Been stuck at 77% in and the Republican candidate at 49.9%. The rat is at 47.2%. Why don’t they call it for the Republican?
My husband’s ballot was dropped off Monday at the polling site and hasn’t been counted yet.
I’m watching.
Heard they won’t be done until Saturday. Guess it takes time to figure how many votes need to be “found” in order to win. All the lackluster campaigning by the dems tells you they know in advance.
She’s on a right now with Hannity. I would be shocked if she doesn’t pull ahead for good tonight as the numbers for Hobbs just ain’t there
Supposed to have a large vote release out of Maricopa at 9pm eastern time. Should put Lake a head. Like the fact that repub counties are holding their vote back. Arizona for some reason counts the early ballots first. Those are the predominantly dem votes. Repubs voted heavy on election day. Even though Lake will probably not quite win Maricopa, she will win two thirds of the remaining vote plus what will come in from the other counties. Hopefully she can drag Masters over the finish line.
At one point I heard around 600,000 drop-off ballots to be counted.
AOC: hold my beer.
No word in this report about strange white powder sent to Lake’s campaign HQ.
There’s that old joke about ‘rats electing a grilled cheese sandwich as long as it had a D behind its name.
They did even better in real life.
My husband’s ballot was dropped off Monday at the polling site and hasn’t been counted yet.
And let’s not forget Stacy the Hutt.
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