The Arizona Republic reports:
Ruben Gallego, a child of immigrants who found his way to Harvard, Iraq and Congress, was projected to defeat Republican Kari Lake on Monday night and in January will become Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator.
The Associated Press, NBC and CNN called Gallego’s victory Monday after another batch of Democratic-heavy votes from Maricopa County confirmed Lake could not plausibly overtake him, handing her consecutive high-profile statewide losses.
Lake, the former Fox 10 newscaster, had yet to publicly concede the race. On Election Day she told reporters she intended to accept the results of the race. She never conceded her 2022 gubernatorial loss and spent years in court fruitlessly trying to overturn that election result.
Read the full article. Decision Desk first called the race late Sunday night and the cult spent yesterday screaming about outstanding ballots. Oh, and fraud.
Gracias, Arizona! pic.twitter.com/fWQ3AetOsy
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) November 12, 2024
I feel like we’ve done this before. pic.twitter.com/JqMox7tvky
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 11, 2024