There aren't enough Maricopa County votes left to count for Kari Lake to overcome Katie Hobbs' lead.
The latest batch of 71,000 ballots tallied Monday from Maricopa County showed the Democratic contender picking up 30,825 additional votes. By contrast, Republican Kari Lake added 40,575 to her total.
But that 9,750-vote edge for Lake, a former TV news anchor, failed to overcome the lead of more than 26,000 that Hobbs had going into Monday. And some of the gains Lake made were offset when Hobbs, Arizona's secretary of state, picked up nearly two-thirds of the additional 31,000 votes counted Monday in Pima County.That is significant because Maricopa County reports it has no more than 15,000 ballots yet to be counted.
People are also reading… Lake was counting on this last batch from Maricopa County going her way much stronger. Capitol Media Services, NBC, CNN, The Arizona Republic, The Associated Press, the Washington Post and the New York Times called the race for Hobbs Monday evening. Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has been reporting since 1970 and covering state politics and the Legislature since 1982. Follow him on Twitter at @azcapmedia or email [email protected]. Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community.
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