The Cook Political Report's Dave Wasserman is calling Arizona's U.S. Senate race for Democrat Mark Kelly.
Wasserman's projections typically come in advance of the news desks at major media outlets — but haven't been wrong this election cycle. He heads The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan online publication that forecasts and analyzes election results across the country. It is regarded as the gold standard by both political parties.
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The Democratic victory diminishes Republicans' chances of retaking the 50-50 Senate, which Democrats control by virtue of holding the presidency. Two other Senate races have yet to be decided. Georgia's election is headed to a runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Herschel Walker (R-GA) in December. Meanwhile, Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) slightly trails Adam Laxalt (R-NV) in Nevada, though thousands of votes have yet to be counted.
Masters, a venture capitalist, was boosted in the GOP primary by Silicon Valley insider and tech billionaire Peter Thiel, who poured over 10 million dollars into the race. Masters sparked a series of controversies during the campaign as past comments surfaced suggesting Jan. 6 was a false flag operation, among other dubious claims.
Masters also worked to shift toward the center during the general election, scrubbing his campaign website of his hardline anti-abortion stance and support for baseless allegations that the 2020 election was stolen. Arizona became ground zero during this cycle in testing the electability of candidates labeled as election deniers as the entire GOP slate of statewide candidates had fervently denied the 2020 results and embraced former President Donald Trump's false claims about the election.
Kelly, who managed to maintain a significantly higher approval rating in the swing state than President Joe Biden, managed to maintain a slim lead over Masters throughout the campaign.
The RealClearPolitics polling average never had Masters leading Kelly, although surveys were often within the margin of error and many believed they were undercounting Republicans.
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Did AZ count all of the ballots? How can this character call an election if all ballots aren’t counted.
Trump has become toxic. He’s more a hinderance than a help. Standby for more name-calling and attempts to demonize DeSantis.
But it ain’t over till the fat lady sings. And she ain’t dun sung YET.