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Per Arizona law, a recount is triggered when the spread between the top 2 candidates is 0.5 or less. Gallego's lead is 1.7%. The last few batches of poll releases, have seen Gallego increase his lead slightly. It's about 48,000 now. Decision Desk HQ has called it for Gallego.She should ask for a recount with RNC lawyers present.
I had read that PA is just outside the margin for mandatory recount but they’ve already got Marc Elias (Dem lawyer) pushing to recount anyway even if it doesn’t meet the state law criteria. There are lawsuits on both sides pertaining to the counting provisional ballots (McCormick against Casey for of course) still being worked thru. But at the end of the day until the PA SoS calls the counting complete I’d guess it’s an unresolved matter. AZ is a much wider spread than PA and Lake is clearly toast there I’d say.AP hasn't called it - seems the have some authority (not sure from where)
I suspect they are being hesitant bc they know Lake and her merry band of election denying loons will come out full throttle once they do![]()
Ruben Gallego maintains lead over Kari Lake in Senate race
Democrat Ruben Gallego inched closer to defeating Republican Kari Lake over the weekend in the race for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat.ktar.com
I'm not sure why the AP hasn't called this yet. The results coming in from Maricopa County and Pima County have only served to add to his lead by about 18,000 votes. Ruben Gallego is outperforming his results in other counties in those two. His lead is now 66,000 votes. That is over 2 full percentage points.
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Ruben Gallego maintains lead over Kari Lake in Senate race
Democrat Ruben Gallego inched closer to defeating Republican Kari Lake over the weekend in the race for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat.ktar.com
I'm not sure why the AP hasn't called this yet. The results coming in from Maricopa County and Pima County have only served to add to his lead by about 18,000 votes. Ruben Gallego is outperforming his results in other counties in those two. His lead is now 66,000 votes. That is over 2 full percentage points.
For Kari Lake to win at this point, she would need to get about 168,500 of the remaining 270,000 uncounted votes. There is no way that is going to happen. If anything, it looks like Gallego's lead will continue to steadily increase.same is true for some house races that have a pretty big margin - (both D ones and R ones).
With 92% reporting .... Kari Lake has about 160,000 less votes than Donald Trump in Arizona.It's a testament to just how much Kari Lake is disliked in Arizona that Trump would win that state by 5+ points, while Kari is losing by 2+ points.
I am guessing it is related to the numbers below. This is from NBC and unsure if it is accurate, but if only 16% of the election day votes have been counted you definitely have to wonder why?![]()
Ruben Gallego maintains lead over Kari Lake in Senate race
Democrat Ruben Gallego inched closer to defeating Republican Kari Lake over the weekend in the race for Arizona's open U.S. Senate seat.ktar.com
I'm not sure why the AP hasn't called this yet. The results coming in from Maricopa County and Pima County have only served to add to his lead by about 18,000 votes. Ruben Gallego is outperforming his results in other counties in those two. His lead is now 66,000 votes. That is over 2 full percentage points.

I am guessing it is related to the numbers below. This is from NBC and unsure if it is accurate, but if only 16% of the election day votes have been counted you definitely have to wonder why?
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