Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has gained the race for Arizona’s open Senate seat, beating out Republican Kari Lake, an in depth ally of President-elect Donald Trump, in accordance with The Related Press Monday night time.
Gallego has served within the Home of Representatives since 2015, representing the seventh and third congressional districts in Arizona.
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Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego competed for the open Senate seat in Arizona. (Reuters)
Lake ran unsuccessfully for Arizona governor in 2022 and was defeated by Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Ariz. Previous to her gubernatorial run, she was a information anchor for an area Arizona tv station and labored within the media for 27 years.
After the 2022 loss, she challenged the outcomes, citing fraud considerations within the state. Lake nonetheless contends that there have been important irregularities in 2020 and 2022, echoing claims that Trump and plenty of of his supporters have made. The considerations have led to the Republican Nationwide Committee devoting important assets to election integrity efforts.
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Primaries have been held on Tuesday night time to fill the seat being vacated on the finish of this yr by Rep. Ruben Gallego. (Getty Pictures)
Lake confronted off in opposition to Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb within the Republican Senate main, whereas Gallego had a bonus, working within the Democratic main unopposed.
The Fox Information Energy Rankings in September rated the Arizona Senate race as “Leans Democrat.” Equally, the Cook dinner Political Report, a high political handicapper, additionally thought-about the race “Lean Democrat.”
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema speaks at a committee on Oct. 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Picture by Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Pictures)
The Senate seat is at present held by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., who was elected as a Democrat. She nonetheless caucuses with Democrats within the Senate however formally registered as an unbiased years in the past after opposing her fellow Senate Democrats on the legislative filibuster. Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., are credited with going in opposition to the Democrats to uphold the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold.
Each senators determined to not run for re-election.
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Rep. Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake are battling within the Arizona Senate race. (Getty Pictures)
Earlier than she introduced that she was not going to hunt one other time period, Sinema’s potential run as a third-party candidate threatened to upend the Senate race, with strategists not sure how her supporters would break.
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In polling main as much as the Senate election, Gallego ceaselessly led Lake by single digits. He had even managed to steer his opponent in surveys that noticed Trump defeating Vice President Kamala Harris. Specialists speculated that his reference to Latino voters may have fueled split-ticket voting within the state, regardless of the follow turning into comparatively uncommon.
Whereas Lake typically performed up her relationship with Trump, who had polled increased than her within the state, Gallego didn’t typically do the identical with Harris throughout his marketing campaign.
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