Since Election Day, former Phoenix news anchor and 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who has received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump, and incumbent representative of Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District, progressive Democrat Ruben Gallego, have been battling it out in Arizona. for the seat in the US Senate.
Readers may remember Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who replaced the “D” after her name with an “I” after she drew the ire of her former party’s progressive wing when she helped overturn President Joe Biden’s massive, bloated To torpedo “Build Back Better”. Legislature, decided against seeking re-election.
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In recent days, people across the country (and some in the Copper State) have become increasingly frustrated with the leisurely counting and healing process here.
Late Friday, the Lake campaign sent a letter to Pima County election officials asking for “clarification” on why some numbers on the number of ballots counted had changed:
The post continued:
We should know what the immobile number of ballots to count is. Instead, it’s like an accordion.
We strive for complete transparency regarding ballots being tabulated, ballots awaiting tabulation, and a full accounting of discrepancies identified in publicly reported data.
You can read the full letter Here.
Hoping to lower the temperature (on all sides) and clear up some of the questions circulating on social media, the state GOP released a video Saturday night featuring Chairwoman Gina Swoboda explaining the stages of the Republican-approved process were – majority legislators and representatives of both the Republican and Democratic parties.
According to our friends at Decision Desk Headquarters (DDHQ), the Senate race has now been called for Rep. Gallego to fill the vacated seat.
As this is a developing story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.
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