Katie Hobbs (D) won the race for Arizona Governor. Science/Health. Arts/Lifestyle. Kari Lake and Katie Hobbs: Arizona Governor Midterm Election 2022 Live Results. Lake is well known in much of the state after anchoring the evening news in Phoenix for more than two decades. In the following days, Trump narrowed Biden's massive 200,000 vote lead to 130,000 votes, and by three days after the electionit was clear Trump had fallen off the pace he needed to win as votes were added. But Arizona has remained ground zero in some Republicans' quest to cast doubt on elections, including by Trump himself, despite an extended ballot review of 2020 that proved Joe Biden's win. Democratic candidate for governor Katie Hobbs kept a small lead over her Republican opponent Kari Lake as the results in one of the state's most consequential races continued to roll in Wednesday. PHOENIX Failed gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is making another last-ditch effort to overturn the election, this time criticizing a court that rejected her claims. To learn more about how election results work, read this article. When she announced her campaign for governor, other prominent Democrats declined to run and Hobbs comfortably won her primary. New results are expected Thursday night. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your device and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. Im furious as hell that it takes this long, Mr. Cate said of the count. We chose a better Arizona, and we chose democracy," Hobbs said during a victory rally on Nov. 15. Because they understand the future is here on Tuesday.. Hobbs victory adds further evidence that Trump is weighing down his allies in a crucial battleground state as the former president gears up for an announcement of a 2024 presidential run. As Friday dawned, more than 500,000 ballots were yet to be counted across the state, with about 320,000 of those in Maricopa County, the state's most populous county that includes Phoenix. 2023 www.azcentral.com. I'm grateful for young people voting.". Still, the results of Arizona's race for governor will be heavily impacted by votes cast in person on Election Day. Lake is a former TV news anchor who stepped down last year after 22 years with the Fox affiliate in Phoenix to run for governor. "Kari Lake and her campaign have never stopped stoking violence and disinformation in this election," Hobbs' spokesperson Sarah Robinson said Thursday. Still waiting: Why the AP hasn't called the Arizona governor's race. Both Ms. Hobbs and Mr. Fontes have called on supporters to respect the vote-counting process. In this election, Arizonans chose solving our problems over conspiracy theories. People wait in line to vote for the 2022 midterm election at the First Methodist Church polling station Nov. 8, in Tucson. 5 min read. Market data provided by Factset. Lake and her campaign did not respond to a request for comment for this article. Arizona Governor Primary Election Results, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/02/us/elections/results-arizona-governor.html. Democrat Katie Hobbs held a slim lead over Republican challenger Kari Lake on Sunday asthe number of ballots left to count shrinks, making a path to victory for Lake more difficult. Update: Republican Kari Lake gained ground on Sunday night in the race for Arizona governor, but Democrat Katie Hobbs still held a 26,000-vote lead. But since then, the new results reported by the county have slowed to about 60,000 to 80,000 votes a day as workers slog through verifying, opening and counting hundreds of thousands of ballots. Lake, in her late Tuesday speech in Scottsdale, invoked past election patterns alleging something was amiss and voters "deserve to know on election night" who wins. To learn more about how election results work, read this article. "I was running against a basement candidate who didn't even campaign, didn't debate, and the people didn't vote for her. Two years ago, that razor-thin contest saw Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump for the White House and led to a months-long review of the election that cost taxpayers millions of dollars, only to prove Biden's victory. The county provided one statement in response to the flurry of election cases filed Friday, noting the court system is the proper avenue for election challenges. Hobbs will replace incumbent Republican Gov. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. PHOENIX With Senate control in the balance and the clash for governor on a knifes edge, Arizonas major races crept toward a dramatic conclusion on Friday in a state that has established itself as one of the nations most fiercely contested battlegrounds. Over 12 hours after ballot counting began, Arizona's 2022 gubernatorial race between Democrat Katie Hobbs and Republican Kari Lake has not been officially called yet. County officials were expected to update their results each evening. Voters were disenfranchised because of voting machine problems in Maricopa County, Arizonas most populous county that prevented printers from reading ballots in about 30% of polling stations. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The church is about an 8 minute walk from the center of campus, which made it a popular spot for UA students to vote this midterm. So I really hope this is the end of that now. The northwestern Arizona county is temporarily delaying certification of results from the midterm election until Nov. 28. One of Lake's lawyers is Bryan Blehm, whose dual work for 2020 review contractor Cyber Ninjas and the Arizona Senate raised concerns of a conflict. one seat away from maintaining Senate control, a hotbed of election conspiracy theories and distrust, are now publicly scrutinizing across the country, an array of forces has bolstered this groups presence in Congress and state legislatures, almost single-handedly cost Democrats their House majority, hoping New York can deliver the party back to power, the economy was a bigger problem than cultural issues, curtailed the activities of an election-monitoring group. We chose sanity over chaos, and we chose unity over division. "Arizonans made their voices heard," the statement continued. "It's changed that whole dynamic so that Republicans win Election Day votes.". A law enforcement investigation is still ongoing, state elections officials said. Conservatives in particular have raised concerns over the vote count after problems with dozens of voting machines affected about 20 percent of election sites across the county. February 28, 2023. She ran a campaign for governor on pledges to defend democracy as she did following the 2020 election, receiving threats as a result and restore abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Arizona Secretary of State . Fox News projects Katie Hobbs will defeat Kari Lake in Arizona governor race, Dem who made controversial abortion comments ditches public meeting to dine with senators as parents protest, Ringleader of gas stove crackdown to speak at House Democrats' annual conference, Biden vows to ban assault weapons 'come hell or high water', Biden slammed for laughing while discussing mom who lost two children to fentanyl: 'Shameful'. Ms. Lake and the other Republicans embraced the criticism, pitching themselves as a tight band of outsiders taking on the news media, the left and their own partys establishment. 2022 Governor Election Results. The former television news anchor, who rose to prominence by adhering to former President Donald Trump's false claims of widespread election fraud in 2020, hasn't alleged fraud in Tuesday's election. "Each and every Arizonan deserves to have their ballot counted and their voice heard, and in the days to come we will continue to watch these results closely to make sure that happens," DeMont said. Previously, those ballots favored Democrats, propelling statewide candidates including Hobbs to victory. Lake said in an appearance on Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo she was confident she would win the race. At this time, the estimate for total Arizona votes counted is about 66%, according to the Associated Press. The former television news anchor, Lake, carried 70% of votes cast statewide on Election Day, collapsing what once was a 14 percentage-point Hobbs lead among early voters to less than 1 percentage point as of Wednesday night. The Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Blake Masters, center, is trailing Senator Mark Kelly, but the race had not been called as of midday Friday. The lawsuit alleges "intentional misconduct" leading to problems with machines and that ballots were "illegally injected" into the election by county contractors. In the general election on Tuesday, Hobbs faced far-right candidate Lake, whose approach to campaigning took on a much more alarmist tone. Lake is a former TV news anchor who stepped down last year after 22 years with the Fox affiliate in Phoenix to run for governor. A federal judge curtailed the activities of an election-monitoring group after some of its members followed and photographed voters in Maricopa County. He has pleaded not guilty. "There's very much still a clear path to victory for Katie Hobbs," Democratic Governors Association Political Director Marshall Cohen said in a press call. PHOENIX (AP) Democrat Katie Hobbs was elected Arizona governor on Monday, defeating an ally of Donald Trump who falsely claimed the 2020 election was rigged and refused to say she would accept the results of her race this year. The Arizona Daily Wildcat is the award-winning, student-managed and -produced news outlet serving The University of Arizona and greater Tucson since 1899. She stressed her support for protecting abortion rights during her campaign, and also emphasized her plan to work with law enforcement and border communities to beef up Arizonas border security with Mexico. Hobbs gained national attention for defending Arizonas election results it was one of a handful of states where now-President Biden narrowly edged Trump as the then-president unsuccessfully tried to overturn the results. Last updated: Dec. 2, 2022 7:06 p.m. PST Katie Hobbs, the Democratic secretary of state, oversaw the contentious 2020 election in Arizona. Hobbs led Lake by just over 26,000 votes on Sunday night, with a slim 1 percentage point gap between the two. WINNER Senator Mark Kelly. "Hopefully a lot of young people will come and vote and save us like they did in the 2020 presidential election.". Hobbs' 2018 race for the state's elections chief wasn't decided for 10 days after the election, as one example. Pre-election polls showed the race was tied, but Hobbs victory was still a surprise to many Democrats who feared her timidity would turn off voters. Arizona WBB looks to rebound against UCLA, Candidates for student body president discuss goals in debate Tuesday, Arizona baseball slugs their way to a 9-run win, Campus highlights: The UA offers affordable, eco-friendly bike services, Arizona Baseball goes 1-2 against West Virginia, COMIC: Paleontology 101 #2 Protoceratops. The Daily Wildcat, straight to your inbox. "And the truth and the summary here is that this election will be determined by the numbers of votes cast, not by the volume at which an unhinged former television reporter can scream conspiracy theories.". Prior to Sunday's big ballot update in Maricopa County, Lake needed to win 56% of statewide ballots left outstanding. Hobbs, who currently serves as Arizona's secretary of state, previously drew scorn from Trump supporters for defending the state's 2020 elections against unfounded allegations of widespread fraud (a role that led her to be on the receiving end of death threats). Doug Ducey, have rallied around Karrin Taylor Robson. If a judge won't declare her the winner, Lake wants an order requiring Maricopa County to re-do the gubernatorial election. Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone said he increased security around the elections center Monday in anticipation that the race would be called and emotions could run hot, though he said there was no specific threat. "Spirits on Team Hobbs are high and we're going to stay the course, be patient and let our local electionofficials do their jobs without fear or interference," Hobbs said in a video posted on social media Saturday night. Her role in preserving the integrity of that election introduced her to the national stage, and ultimately led to the gubernatorial bid. Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent GOP lawyer from California who worked for Trump and was brought on by the Lake campaign last month, alleged in a Fox News appearance there was "petty little game playingby some Arizona county officials. A cultural exchange and journalism collaboration among students and faculty from four public universities in Yemen and the UA. For this, he would be disappointed if Lake won. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Arizona governor election results: Kari Lake cuts Katie Hobbs' lead, Why the AP hasn't called the Arizona governor's race, Arizona governor election results: Kari Lake cuts Katie Hobbs' lead. By. Here are the latest Arizona election results for Nov. 13. The final results could take even longer to be determined, because a new Arizona law calls for an automatic recount in all electoral contests where the difference between the top two candidates was 0.5 percent or less of the total votes cast. Prior to entering politics, Lake was a Phoenix news anchor for KSAZ who made headlines last year for a video in which she lambasted her former profession. When results were updated Friday evening, adding another about 74,000 ballots from Maricopa County, Hobbs widened her advantage, though the race was still razor-thin with only 31,000 votes separating the candidates and no winner declaring victory. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Governor results Secretary of State results Ballot Measures Exit Polls Four states flipped control in races for governor Results and maps Senate results House map and results Governor map. As of 9 a.m. Nov. 9, Hobbs is just barely leading with around 50.3% of votes compared to Lake's 49.7%, according to NPR's live election results webpage. Live Arizona Election Results See our full coverage of Arizona election results including senate, house and local races as well as ballot measures on the ticket. election denier who marched to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in the race to be Arizona's secretary of state. Following the 2020 presidential election, when President Biden won Arizona by 10,457 votes a narrow 0.3% margin Arizona passed a new voting law that would trigger an automatic recount if a. Arizona was won by Dem. Lake spent 22 years as part of an anchor duo on Phoenix's Fox 10 station. "We need to get in there and restore faith in our elections, we can't be the laughingstock of elections anymore here in Arizona," she told Bartiromo. Katie Hobbs, the secretary of state, is the front-runner in her Democratic primary. Lake highlighted her "common sense conservatism" as she centered her campaign on the issues of border security, homelessness, banning critical race theory in Arizona classrooms, support for school choice, and opposition to abortion. Some voters, such as UA graduate student Martina Portychova, said they prefer to vote in person, while others simply said they forgot to register for early voting. We must remain patient and let our election officials do their jobs.". Source: Election results and race calls from The Associated Press. Legal Statement. Republican officials in Maricopa County emphasized on Tuesday that there had been no fraud or foul play, and said that voters were still able to drop off their ballots in a secure box so they could be counted later. Those included Richard Grenell, a former acting director of national intelligence under Mr. Trump who spread debunked claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election, and Steve Bannon, the radio host and former Trump adviser. The 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 2022, to elect the next governor of Arizona concurrently with other federal and state elections.Incumbent Republican governor Doug Ducey was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Per Arizona law, the race may go to a recount. ", "Kari Lake needs attention like a fish needs water," a statement from Hobbs' campaign manager Nicole DeMont reads. 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