Kari Lake Gains Ground in Arizona Senate Race, Remains Behind Gallego

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Gallego and Lake are competing to fill a seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Republican Kari Lake has gained ground in the race for a U.S. Senate seat representing Arizona but is still behind Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).

Gallego was up by 2.5 percent on Nov. 6. That lead shrank to 1.7 percent on Nov. 7 and 1.5 percent on Friday with more ballots reported.

Gallego now has 1.32 million votes to Lakeโ€™s 1.28 votes, as of 5:40 p.m. on Friday. The margin of 52,578 votes on Wednesday dropped to 40,344 on Friday.

While vote counting in many states has been completed or is nearing completion following the Nov. 5 election, Arizona officials still have yet to process ballots from about a quarter of precincts.

โ€œThere are lawyers and trained observers monitoring tabulation of ballots, duplicating, and adjudication until we are done. Iโ€™m in constant touch with Kariโ€™s lawyers and supporters about this and we are watching every ballot drop,โ€ Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer who leads an election integrity team for state and national Republicans, said on the social media platform X.

Lake and campaign officials have been expressing confidence that Lake, who lost the 2022 gubernatorial election, will ultimately win the Arizona Senate race. Theyโ€™ve been urging people to cure ballots, meaning fix mistakes on ballots so their votes are counted. Under Arizona law, voters have five days after Election Day to fix issues with their ballots.

Gallego said on Wednesday that โ€œwe are closely watching as results come in, and weโ€™re feeling very optimistic.โ€

Gallego and Lake are competing to fill a seat held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), a former Democrat who chose not to run for another term. Gallego, a military veteran, has represented Arizonaโ€™s Third Congressional District since 2015. Lake is a former news anchor.

Lake ran for Arizona governor in 2022 but lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs. The Arizona Supreme Court this week turned down Lakeโ€™s most recent appeal of the race, which Lake has maintained she won.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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