Former television news anchor-turned-staunch Trump supporter Kari Lake has been declared the winner of Arizona's highly competitive gubernatorial primary.
With an estimated 94% of ballots counted, Lake has 46.78% of the vote, compared to Karrin Robson with 44.03%. Lake will now face off against Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs in the November 8th general election in what is expected to be one of the most closely watched races in the country.
Early Wednesday, Lake prematurely declared victory in the GOP primary while addressing supporters.“I wanted to come out here tonight, I wanted to say, ‘Wow, we already have the final results,'” she said. “But we know how our election systems work and they don't work well. And that's one of the reasons why I'm standing here.”
With three-quarters of the vote in, Robson led Lake by eight. However, Arizona is a state where mail-in ballots get tabulated first. Then, Election Day votes are counted. The process is the same in Florida. The result, depending on the order chosen by a given state, created red and blue mirages in 2020, given Democrats' tendency to vote by mail and Republicans' overwhelming desire to vote on Election Day.
Two years ago, that phenomenon lead to Biden leading Trump by four points in increasingly reddish Florida early on election night before Trump overtook him by a relatively decisive three-point margin. For Lake — who won the Election Day count in some precincts by as much as 40 points — the result was the same.
The highly anticipated race set up a proxy war between former President Donald Trump and his Vice President Mike Pence. Trump, who has become a kingmaker of sorts within the GOP threw his support behind Lake. Meanwhile, Pence and current Arizona Governor Doug Ducey chose Robinson.
Trump's endorsements have become a sort of gauge of his own power within the GOP as he toys with launching a third presidential campaign.
So, what do you think? Despite consistently leading in the polls, do you think Lake's narrower-than-expected victory is a concerning sign for Republicans hoping to make inroads in increasingly competitive Arizona? Or is she the best candidate for this difficult job? As always, share your thoughts with us in the comments below!
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The “close numbers” just show the Cheating Class is still alive and well!!!
“ Cheating Class “ Oh Really !!! 👎🏿✔️
My response was Directed to The Democratic Party as a Whole … Not “ Us “ Republicans …..
The narrow win was due to corrupt treasonous MARICOPA County election board trying desperately to cheat her out of win. ALL MAGGOTS SHOULD GO TO GITMO UNTIL DEATH. THEY CHEATED 125 MILLION TRUMP VOTERS OUT OF OUR VOTE. TRUMP IS POTUS. DEMOCRATS ARE EVIL DOMESTIC ENEMIES WHO HAVE EARNED SECOND AMENDMENT.
I agree!!!
Hooray Victory
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able MEN, such as fear God, MEN of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers….” (Exodus 18:21)
“As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.” (Isaiah 3:12)
“But I suffer not a woman to … to usurp authority over the man….” (1 Timothy 2:12)
This is not to say that the men in positions of civil leadership are any more biblically qualified than are today’s women – they’re not.
You can thank Article 6’s Christian test ban (by which mandatory biblical qualifications were likewise eliminated) on both counts.
For more regarding Article 6’s Christian test ban, see Chapter 9 “Article 6: The Supreme Law of the Land” of free online book “Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective” at Bible versus Constitution dot org. Click on the top entry on our Online Book page and scroll down to Chapter 9.
Then Chapter 28 “Amendment 19: The Curse of Women’s Suffrage.”
Still using Soros cheating voting machines. Democrats cheated in Michigan.
ALL OF US ON “THE RIGHT SIDE” WILL HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES PEELED IN NOVEMBER, ESPECIALLY WHERE THE DROP BOXES ARE CONCERNED-DEMS LOVE TO CHEAT-THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED IN 1960.
DON HAINES
I believe Kari Lake won by a lot more than reported. She polled much higher than her opponent and I believe they need to watch AZ very carefully in the mid-terms. Perhaps extra poll watchers are needed, witnesses for the tabulating, etc. I would also strive to reduce mail ins and drop boxes. Some states have already banned them.
Why is AZ allowing Mail-In-Votes, Drop Box voting when all the evidence in cheating has been directed to these two categories. After all the Fraud evidence shown why is the dominion or any machine voting allowed! WTF people of AZ – get rid of all the blockers who is stopping the TRUTH… FIX YOUR ELECTION PROCESS…
Kari Lake has 3 million followers on social media , Karrin Robinson has 3 thousand. This race was rigged. Once the huge red vote hit shoving Lake up 13,000 votes past Robinsons already inflated total, they shut counting down and tried to figure out how to push the vote past Lake’s lead. I guess they figured they would get caught this time and gave up.