Democratic candidates in Arizona slightly continued to expand their leads over Republicans late Thursday. The statewide races are still projected to be close and hundreds of thousands of ballots remain uncounted. Election2022
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A late night drop of just over 78,000 votes from Maricopa County -- comprised of early ballots dropped off in the days before Election Day -- were favorable to Democrats. However, Republicans predict the roughly 260,000 outstanding Election Day"late earlies" and the 17,000"Box #3" ballots will favor them.Democratic incumbent Mark Kelly continues to lead Republican challenger Blake Masters, now by about 115,000 votes, with 80% of the expected vote in. The race is 52%-46%.
Maricopa County officials will have another ballot drop Friday evening, along with a press conference at some point in the day. They expect to continue counting votes through the weekend because a record number of"late early" ballots dropped off on Election Day are going through the signature verification process.Share to TwitterAs of early Friday morning, Republicans have won 211 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives while Democrats have won 204.
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