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Democrat Katie Hobbs held a slim pb implicit Republican challenger Kari Lake connected Sunday as the fig of ballots near to number shrinks, making a way to triumph for Lake much difficult.
Hobbs led Lake by conscionable implicit 26,000 votes connected Sunday night, with a slim 1 percent constituent spread betwixt the two. The contention was inactive excessively adjacent to call, meaning the suspense volition continue.
The people of the day, with much ballot counts coming successful crossed the state, saw Lake whittle distant astatine Hobbs' lead, which astatine 1 constituent Sunday was 36,000 votes.
Lake gained crushed among Maricopa County voters, wherever officials reported a large update of 97,000 votes successful the evening. Lake won the bulk of those, implicit 54%, eating into Hobbs' pb successful the region and cutting it from astir 57,000 votes to 48,500.
In a ballot number update from Maricopa County connected Saturday, which included ballots dropped disconnected connected predetermination day, Lake won 52% and Hobbs won 48%.
Yet arsenic the remaining fig of ballots near to number dwindles, Lake's way to surpassing Hobbs' statewide vantage becomes much difficult — but not impossible.
Prior to Sunday's large ballot update successful Maricopa County, Lake needed to triumph 56% of statewide ballots near outstanding. After the update, she needed to triumph much than 58%.
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Pima County, Arizona's 2nd largest and location to Tucson, added astir 12,000 votes to its totals, which Hobbs won 60% to Lake's 40%. It helped Hobbs somewhat widen her lead, inching the spread betwixt candidates to 1.6 percent points, earlier Maricopa County's latest results tempered that.
Officials successful Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, person little than 100,000 ballots near to count. The statewide full is astir 160,000, according to statistic posted by the Arizona Secretary of State's Office.
Candidates inquire for patience
Hobbs, 52, is Arizona's caput of authorities and a erstwhile authorities lawmaker. She ran a run for politician connected pledges to support democracy — arsenic she did pursuing the 2020 election, receiving threats arsenic a effect — and reconstruct termination rights aft the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
Lake, 53, is simply a erstwhile tv quality anchor who zoomed into the nationalist spotlight and respective Saturday Night Live sketches arsenic she adhered to mendacious claims of wide predetermination fraud championed by erstwhile President Donald Trump. Lake spent 22 years arsenic portion of an anchor duo connected Phoenix's Fox 10 station. She has made borderline security, predetermination betterment and a "tough love" homelessness argumentation cardinal to her campaign.
Both candidates urged their supporters to enactment diligent arsenic the ballot counting continues, though Lake besides has formed uncertainty connected the magnitude of the process and elections procedures.
"Spirits connected Team Hobbs are precocious and we're going to enactment the course, beryllium diligent and fto our section election officials bash their jobs without fearfulness oregon interference," Hobbs said successful a video posted connected societal media Saturday night.
Lake said successful an quality connected Fox News' Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo she was assured she would triumph the race.
"We request to get successful determination and reconstruct religion successful our elections, we can't beryllium the laughingstock of elections anymore present successful Arizona," she told Bartiromo.
Reach newsman Stacey Barchenger astatine stacey.barchenger@arizonarepublic.com oregon 480-416-5669. Follow her connected Twitter @sbarchenger.
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