Kari Lake late Wednesday had a lead of about 12,000 votes — less than 2 percentage points — over Karrin Taylor Robson, who had been leading in early results Tuesday night. The winner faces Democrat Katie Hobbs.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Kari Lake declared victory Wednesday in the Republican gubernatorial primary even as votes were being counted and as she continued to insist there is evidence of fraud in Arizona elections — evidence she would not share with the media at a news conference she called.
People are also reading… Lake said it was always her position that her supporters, suspicious of early voting just like both her and Donald Trump, who had endorsed her, would be the people who decided to go to the polls on primary election day. And those votes are counted later.As of Wednesday, only about 65% of Lake's votes were cast by early ballot. By contrast, the figure for Robson was nearly 87%.
The results, if they hold, set the stage for what promises to be a pitched battle with Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs. Lake cast the first salvo on Wednesday, blasting Hobbs, who is the secretary of state."She embarrassed the state of Arizona," she continued, disregarding that it is officials in each of the 15 counties who actually run the event.
Lake, who has called abortion"the ultimate sin," sidestepped the issue of whether her views on abortion are in the mainstream, especially after voters in very Republican Kansas on Tuesday refused to remove protection for the procedure from their state constitution."If people don't like the laws on the books, then they need to elect representatives who will change the law," Lake continued."I'm running for governor, not God.
All that still leaves Lake with what has been a central issue for her as it was — and remains — for Trump: Elections are not conducted fairly."We had major issues yesterday, major issues," Lake continued."And they're being reported every day by voters.""Didn't you hear what happened in Pinal County?" he said.County officials rushed to print new ones and said anyone who was in line when the polls were set to close at 7 p.m. would be allowed to vote.
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