BREAKING: Katie Hobbs maintained the lead over GOP challenger Kari Lake with about a 20,000 vote advantage, or under 1 percentage point after the last major report from Maricopa County on Monday night. maricopacounty election2022 arizona
Much of Monday's attention was focused on reports from Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, and Pima County, which includes Tucson. The state's two most populous counties had the most ballots outstanding, with over 94,000 in Maricopa and 38,000 in Pima. Lake needed to win over 58% of ballots remaining statewide.Almost 27,000 ballots were left to be counted by Arizona's other counties.
Hobbs, the Democrat and Arizona's secretary of state, billed herself as a protector of democracy after she certified Joe Biden's 2020 win in the state. She pledged to restore abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, pointing to her record in the state Legislature, where she advocated for women's rights and opposed restrictive abortion laws ultimately pushed through by the Republican majority.
The Associated Press projected incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., won reelection over Blake Masters, who hitched his wagon to Lake's, frequently campaigning alongside her though he was ultimately unable to turn her celebrity into support.
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