With 95 percent of precincts in Arizona reporting results the day after the election, Donald Trump appeared headed to a decisive victory over Kamala Harris. As more ballots came in, from Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon, his lead increased to 108,521 votes, about 5 points. At the same time, in the other high-profile race in the state, Kari Lake appeared to be losing her bid to replace outgoing U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema to Democrat U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego. As of press time, Gallego’s lead stood at 59,656 – less than 3 points ahead.
State Senator Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff), who won her reelection, posted on X, “Approximately 1 million Arizona statewide ballots remain, which lean heavily Republican. Arizona votes trend for @KariLake as Maricopa tabulates Election Day dropoffs.” She included a post by former Lake staffer Matthew Martinez, which showed the gap decreasing between Lake and Gallego.
Similarly, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) COO Tyler Bowyer posted regarding Martinez’s update, “Kari will close.” TPUSA launched a ballot curing drive on Wednesday to assist with votes for Lake. Lake urged her followers to help.
Golec reposted a screenshot from 1 a.m. in the morning showing Trump with 968,471 votes and Gallego with 986,427 votes. A couple of hours later, Gallego was still ahead of Trump with 699,120 votes to Trump’s 687,840. The county did not post any more results on Wednesday through late afternoon.
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