By Caden Pearson A second Arizona county on Monday delayed certifying its midterm election results until the Nov. 28 deadline in a show of solidarity with Maricopa County, where voting problems were reported on Election Day. The Mohave County board of supervisors explicitly promised during a meeting they would certify the results by Nov. 28, saying their decision to […]
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Arizona’s ‘Election Integrity Unit’ Demands Answers From Maricopa County Over Election Day Problems
By Allen Stein The Arizona Attorney General’s Elections Integrity Unit sent a letter to Maricopa County demanding answers on problems that took place with the election on Nov. 8. In a letter to Civil Division Chief Thomas Liddy of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright said the AG’s office had “received hundreds […]
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Hobbs’s Lead Over Lake Narrows in Arizona Gubernatorial Race
By Zachary Stieber Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs saw her lead in the gubernatorial race over Republican Kari Lake drop again in the most recent update. Hobbs’s lead of 19,382 narrowed to 17,249, according to unofficial results from the office of Hobbs, a Democrat, based on new reports from Maricopa County and other jurisdictions on Nov. 15. Hobbs gained […]
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Cruz Criticizes McConnell for ‘Abandoning’ Blake Masters in Arizona Senate Race
By Frank Fang Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Republicans missed a “generational opportunity” to retake Congress in the midterm elections, and criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for placing personal politics above the party’s best interests. “We had an extraordinary opportunity. We had a generational opportunity. This should have been a fundamental landslide election,” Cruz said on his podcast “Verdict […]
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Trump Alleges Voter Fraud In Arizona Senate Race, Demands Do-Over
By Tom Ozimek Former President Donald Trump has alleged voter fraud in Arizona’s Senate race and demanded a do-over after The Associated Press and other media outlets called the race against his endorsed candidate, Republican Blake Masters, while handing incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) a projected win. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that “possibly corrupt” […]
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Democrats One Seat Away From Senate Control After Kelly Defeats Masters in Arizona
By Mimi Nguyen Ly Democrats are one seat away from retaining control of the U.S. Senate after incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) defeated Republican challenger Blake Masters in the midterms. The Associated Press called the race in Kelly’s favor Friday night after Maricopa County reported a large batch of results that increased Kelly’s lead such that Masters […]
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Arizona Vote Counting Slows Down, ‘Lion’s Share’ Expected Done by Next Week
By Petr Svab The Senate and gubernatorial races in Arizona still await conclusive results as hundreds of thousands of ballots await processing and tabulation. The process, which is notoriously slow, is made all the more frustrating by a lack of updates over the past day and night. Officials blame time-consuming ballot processing requirements. “I think we’ll see […]
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Hobbs Lead Over Lake Narrows to 4,094 Votes in Arizona Governor Race
By Katie Spence SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—A total of 4,094 votes separated the candidates in the hotly contested Arizona governor’s race after a batch of results was reported on the evening of Nov. 9. With over 74 percent of the votes counted as of 5:27 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs led Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake by one-fifth of a […]
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Arizona’s Largest County Has More Than 400,000 Ballots Left to Count
By Zachary Stieber Arizona’s most populous county still has more than 400,000 ballots left to count, officials said the day after the midterm elections. “We don’t know the exact numbers, but over about 400,000 votes yet to be counted and reported,” Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates, a Republican, told reporters during a press briefing. […]
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Judge Rejects Bid to Block Citizens Monitoring Ballot Drop Boxes in Arizona
By Caden Pearson A federal judge on Friday rejected a civil lawsuit seeking to block grassroots volunteers who mobilized to monitor absentee ballot drop boxes in Arizona. The civil lawsuit accused defendants Melody Jennings, the founder of the Clean Elections USA (CEUSA) website, and a group of grassroots volunteers of purported voter intimidation at Arizona’s two […]
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Arizona GOP Gubernatorial Nominee Thanks Liz Cheney for ‘Biggest Fundraiser Yet’
By Lorenz Duchamps Arizona Republican governor frontrunner Kari Lake responded on Friday to Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) “anti-endorsement” efforts, saying a television ad she sponsored and recently broadcasted caused a surge in campaign donations. “Thank you for your generous in-kind contribution to my campaign,” Lake wrote mockingly in a letter to Cheney that was shared on Twitter. “Your recent television ad […]
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Arizona County Approves Plan to Hand Count Ballots, Citing Declining Voter Confidence
By Katabella Roberts A Republican-controlled county in Arizona will hand count some ballots cast at polls in November’s midterm congressional elections after voting to approve the measure on Oct. 24. The Cochise County Board of Supervisors in southeastern Arizona voted 2–1 on Monday to count ballots in next month’s elections by hand amid concerns that voting machines are unreliable. Republican Supervisors Peggy Judd […]
