US midterm elections 2022: ‘Red wave’ fails to materialise as Fetterman clinches crucial Senate seat for Democrats – live
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Democrat Katie Hobbs leads Republican Kari Lake in the race for Arizona governor, but the battle for control of the crucial battleground state was too early to call, the AP reports.
Lake has been spreading disinformation that there is an issue with the election, while Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state who rose to prominence defending the integrity of President Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona in 2020, has said: “I have every confidence that the counties administering this election conducted a free and fair election, and their results will be accurate.”
She told supporters gathered in Phoenix. “But they will take time, so prepare for a long evening and a few more days of counting.”
Mail ballots returned Tuesday or shortly before were not yet reported and will be counted in the coming days.
Lake, on the other hand, without producing any evidence, told supporters it was like “groundhog day”.
“We had November 3, 2020, that was called incompetency 101,” Lake said. “We need honest elections and we’re going to bring them to you, Arizona, I assure you of that. The system we have right now does not work.”
Hobbs told her supporters: “I know we’re all eager to find out who won each of these incredibly important races, but we will need to be patient and wait for every vote to be counted. We know my opponent and her allies have been sowing doubt and confusion throughout this campaign, and it’s unacceptable that they were spreading misinformation today while people were exercising their right to vote.”