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.
Hobbs should NOT be allowed to oversee the count as SoS. Bias.
According to the Compost, Masters is favored to win the senate race
Yeah, it looks like Pima finally released their last 5% and Lake gained some in that batch. I figured the Dems were gonna hold it till next week.
Impatient!!!
Kari’s spokesperson, Caroline Wren, said on WR this morning that it was mathematically impossible at this point for Kari to lose.
that all might be true but we see now, apparently, she didn’t have to debate or campaign or do anything really. The left votes for anyone with a D no matter what. The right, not so much.
same for us.
Sorry, all those “Captain” Mark Kelly ads did a number on my brain!
From your fingers to God’s ears....about Masters and Lake. Personally, I’m not counting any chickens anymore. How can Miami-Dade make such a rational and reasoned decision and so many other places in the nation put the gun to their heads and blow their own and everyone else’s brains out???
Just shakin’ my head here....
Yes, it seems that we care about just who we vote for while the dims just want any warm body that they can manipulate and tell how to vote in a seat.
Oh sorry, the body doesn’t have to be warm, dims voted a dead person in this time around.
Praise the Lord!
I am so thankful all that crapola will no longer be on the airways.
Some was actually pretty funny, dims being such terrible liars and all.
lol... :)
ya know, the one thing that MSDNC said about Florida maybe its true, the demos are just different..who knows..remember after DeSantis sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard the commie media said it would hurt him with Hispanics, not in Florida, he GAINED, heck he freakin won Palm Beach County, thats as blue on blue as you can get
Looks like she is 00.12% from tying.
Looking good - another big batch at 9pm EST might clinch the senate, gov, etc.
I’ll believe it when the final results are tallied and recorded. The AZGOP has shined the citizens on for FAR too long for ANYTHING they claim to be taken at face value.
According to AP, Hobbs’ lead has shrank to 3,000 votes.
Only 67% in.
My Gawd, why so long to count. Shameful Arizona!
Lord, we pray for mercy. We pray for Divine Intervention. We pray that it is not Your Will that Arizona continues under a government of crooks and commies. We pray that You will right this election and pull Arizona, and the rest of this nation, closer to You.
Clark & Washoe Counties stopped counting last night after the polls closed.....
NOT ENOUGH POLL WORKERS...
I LIVE HERE-—NEVER HEARD A PEEP ABOUT NEEDING POLL WORKERS.
I WOULD HAVE VOLUNTEERED.
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