American media declared Democrat Katie Hobbs the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state Tuesday night Norwegian time after she held a narrow lead in the count.
“Democracy is worth the wait,” Hobbs tweeted after the victory appeared to be sealed.
– Thank you so much, Arizona. I am so honored and so proud to be your next governor,” she added.
Kari Lake, who was considered one of Donald Trump’s safest cards in the midterm elections, has already signaled that she will not accept the result.
– People in Arizona know BS when they see it, he writes Chirping.
BS is short for ‘bullshit’.
Reject Biden’s victory
Lake is among those who don’t recognize that Joe Biden won against Trump in the presidential election two years ago.
He used to work as a reporter for a local TV channel, but quit last year to pursue politics full time. She has been a staunch supporter of Trump and his political views, and has spoken out harshly against the mainstream media and the political establishment, among other things.
While campaigning in Arizona, she and her supporters repeatedly questioned the competence and integrity of the civil service.
Definitely a plus
When 95 percent of the vote had been counted, Hobbs had received 50.41 percent of the vote, versus Kari Lake’s 49.59 percent, according to The New York Times overview.
According to the AP news agency, Hobbs was then leading by 20,000 votes over Lake, a lead that Lake, according to the news agency, will not be able to recoup when 5 percent of the tally remains.
Arizona’s election could be decisive for the presidential election in two years, given that Lake rejected the 2020 election results. He said, among other things, that he would never approve of Biden’s victory in Arizona, which is a of the most important elections in the US swing states.
