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Arizona Republicans Rep. David Schweikert and Juan Ciscomani have defeated their Democrat challengers and won their respective races, the Associated Press projected on Monday. AP called the race for Schweikert when 99 percent of the ballots were counted, leaving the Republican congressman a narrow lead of roughly 3,000 votes over his Democrat challenger Jevin Hodge, a local activist. BREAKING: Republican David Schweikert wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 1st Congressional District. #APracecall at 7:26 p.m. MST. https://t.co/2nlgpji7ac — AP Politics (@AP_Politics) November 15, 2022 The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee hoped Hodge would have flipped Schweikert’s seat, as the race...

Race was called by Business Insider yesterday, but CNN now says 99% of votes/ballots are reported. Ciscomani leads 50.5% t0 49.5%, 99% of votes counted. AP, CNN, etc. say the House race is 212 R to 204 or 205 D. BUT AZ 1 Schweikert Vs. Hodge was called for R on Business Insider/Yahoo so R is really 213. https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-rep-david-schweikert-faces-231400298.html There are now 5 races where the margin for R is more than 20% of outstanding votes. They are - D on left, R on right, last number is ratio of R advantage over outstanding votes CA District 45 Chen 46.3...

State Sen. Kelly Townsend announced Friday she is withdrawing from the race for the Republican nomination for Arizona's new 6th Congressional District because former President Donald Trump hasn't endorsed her. Despite encouragement and repeated assurances, “the promised formal endorsement has still not materialized," leaving her unable to unify the conservative vote in the August primary, Townsend said in a statement. Townsend said she knew a Trump endorsement might be jeopardized by her recent criticism of state Sen. Wendy Rogers. Rogers has already been endorsed by Trump in her re-election race. Townsend didn't refer to Rogers by name in her statement.