Arizona is among the final U.S. Senate races where a winner is still undeclared.

The race between Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Ruben Gallego remains too early to call.

Although Lake has trailed the race until now, victory is still within reach.

According to NBC News, Gallego leads Lake 50.4% to 47.6%.

Lake trails by nearly 61,000 votes with about 1,325,000 remaining.

Per NBC News:

The Arizona Senate race is between Democrat Ruben Gallego and Republican Kari Lake. The contest is one of the most closely watched in the nation as Democrats try to hold a seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema, who was elected as a Democrat and then switched to become an independent. Lake is a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and has mimicked his claims of stolen elections.

“Kari Lake has a chance of winning. We will be streaming TONIGHT to go over all of this. There are over 1 million votes outstanding and she’s currently only down 59,000 votes. Lots of RED votes left to count. Trump expanding his margins which could carry Kari,” Charlie Kirk said.

From the Associated Press:

Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq War veteran, took an early lead over well-known former television news anchor and staunch Donald Trump ally Kari Lake in Tuesday’s election for U.S. Senate.

The race in a state with a recent history of close elections is among a handful of contests that will determine how large a Republican majority Trump will work with in the Senate when the president-elect returns to the White House next year. The GOP clinched the Senate majority Tuesday night, retaking it from Democrats who held it for four years.

It is a test of the strength of the anti-Trump coalition that has powered the rise of Democrats in Arizona, which was reliably Republican until 2016. Arizona voters have rejected Trump and his favored candidates in every statewide election since then. The presidential contest was too early to call in Arizona after Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in most of the seven other battlegrounds.

Republicans have already clinched the Senate majority, leading Democrats 52-45.

BREAKING: Republicans Officially Capture Senate Majority!

Every win moving forward expands the majority.

Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania are the final Senate races left to be decided.

 

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