Kari Lake (R), the former TV anchor endorsed by Donald Trump, projected to lose Arizona governor’s race to Katie Hobbs (D)
Hobbs pitched herself as a moderate alternative to an extreme candidate who could sow chaos if elected. The Democrat oversaw the 2020 election in Arizona and defended it against the baseless claims of malfeasance that Lake, a former TV anchor, made central to her campaign.Roe v. Wade
Trump’s false election claims. And many worried Lake, a Trump loyalist, would lose a purple state known for electing moderates such as McCain — whom Lake derided. “We drove a stake through the heart of the McCain machine,” she declared at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year, making a stabbing motion for emphasis.
“We know my opponent and her allies have been sowing doubt and confusion throughout this campaign,” Hobbs said in a speech on election night, reminding people that the votes would take time to count.Hobbs’s victory means that Democrats have gained a net of two governorships, with victories in Arizona, Maryland and Massachusetts offset by a GOP gain in Nevada. In swing-state Nevada, Republican sheriff Joe Lombardo ousted Gov.
Lake spent the closing days of the campaign catering to the GOP base rather than courting independents, a move that baffled some strategists and donors. More than a third of voters in Arizona are unaffiliated, according to state data, just below the share who identify as Republicans and just over the share of Democrats.
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