fter a bruising election in which she was tarred by both her allies and adversaries for running a lackluster campaign, Democrat Katie Hobbs pulled off a come-from-behind victory against Republican Kari Lake to clinch the Arizona governor’s office, according to the Associated Press.
The contest for Arizona governor was defined in large part over the two candidates’ dueling stances on the last election. Hobbs, as Arizona’s secretary of state, gained notoriety two years ago for resisting a pressure campaign by Trump and his allies to decertify Biden’s win and defending the integrity of Arizona’s elections. Lake, in contrast, was outspoken in claiming that Biden did not legitimately win Arizona, despite multiple investigations having found no evidence of substantial fraud.
Lake, the former local news anchor who parlayed her built-in following and media acumen into a political career, became a right-wing sensation who would regularly draw huge crowds. She often went viral by lambasting old colleagues in the press, and sometimes manufacturing feisty clashes with reporters. Political pundits saw her as a potent threat to the soft-spoken Hobbs.One of Hobbs’ most controversial decisions over the campaign was to refuse to debate Lake.
Lake’s Arizona loss didn’t happen in a vacuum. The other Trump-aligned candidates on the statewide ballot lost by even larger margins, including Blake Masters for U.S. Senate andThe Republican running for statewide office who had the strongest showing in Arizona was Kimberly Yee, who won re-election as state treasurer and who Trump didn’t endorse. As of Monday night, Yee wasby nearly 260,000 votes.
The election, instead, rested on what are known in Arizona as “late earlies”—an oxymoronic term that refers to mail ballots that voters deliver in person on Election Day.
I'm unsure she was ever truly 'behind', given the corruption of the polls, but OK
Sure she did..lmao
Suitability surpasses shininess
Easy to do when you are in control of your own election.
Hobbs is not the one who pulled this off...or was she? ConflictOfInterest ElectionIntegrity
Well done America 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
She took a page out of Biden’s playbook!
She always trailed and the election was rigged. The end of democracy.
Proving once again that TIME is not journalism. Military tribunals.
Chalk up another victory for science, education, and secular humanism. Much respect to young Arizonans and women for making sure the Governor's Office was to be occupied by a rational, knowledgeable human being.
Found that ballot box after a week of looking
Easy when you are the one counting the votes, a true rigged election in Arizona
RobsDiziWorld What 'come-from-behind' victory? She was always ahead, wtf?
She’s a CHEATER
BrasilWasStolem
Congratulations to Katie and Arizona !👋👋👋👋👋👋👋
Come from behind? She was ahead the whole time.
Like anybody believes this basement dweller who was in charge of counting the ballots truly won.
Dear KariLakeWarRoom and KariLake, The people of Arizona appreciate you coming in for the interview, but have decided to go in a (much) different direction. Best of luck doing whatever it is you do. See ya.
So strange that the dems pull a win every time the votes delayed.
Come from behind? She led the whole way.
'Pulled off'.. Hobbs campaigned zero. Invisible. I'm not even American and I can see the problem here. Kari Lake was the clear 'leader'.
They’re better be an investigation, seriously
Hopefully AZ don’t become an annexation of California
'Defeated' thanks to the dead people vote.
Like nobody saw this coming from AZ. A week later. 🙄
And without a debate! It's good to be in charge of the elections 😉
How was it come from behind if Kari lake never led?
'pulled off'
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