Arizona certifies midterm election results - CBS News

Lake refuses to concede Arizona governor's contention

Defeated Arizona GOP gubernatorial campaigner Kari Lake refuses to concede 05:39

Arizona officials certified the 2022 midterm predetermination results connected Monday, formally making Democrat Katie Hobbs the adjacent politician and Democrat Adrian Fontes the adjacent caput of state. 

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly volition besides get a afloat six-year word successful the Senate, aft serving successful the Senate the past 2 years. The lawyer general's contention betwixt Democrat Kris Mayes and Republican Abraham Hamadeh heads to an automatic recount, with Mayes up by 510 votes. Automatic recounts are required successful Arizona if the borderline is adjacent to oregon little than 0.5% of the full votes cast.

Hobbs bushed Kari Lake, a erstwhile section TV quality anchor who besides has refused to judge the results of the 2020 statesmanlike election. Lake still refuses to concede in the governor's race. Fontes besides bushed a 2020 predetermination denier, Republican Mark Finchem.

Hobbs, arsenic the existent caput of state, was joined by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey and Attorney General Mark Brnovich astatine a certification ceremonial Monday morning. Hobbs said Arizona had a palmy election, "but excessively often passim the process, almighty dependable proliferated misinformation that threatened to disenfranchise voters."

Hobbs said "all voting instrumentality was thoroughly tested successful the certification process" earlier and aft the election, adding that the predetermination was transparent, fair, and accurate. She said 2024 volition again bring challenges "from the predetermination denial community."

— Kathryn Watson contributed to this report