(The Center Square) – After initial mail-in ballots gave Democrats leads in statewide races, Arizona’s GOP-heavy in-person ballots have some Republicans with slight leads and others within striking distance.
A Wednesday morning update to vote totals shows Katie Hobbs, Democratic candidate for governor, with a 50.3% lead over Republican Kari Lake. Their race is separated by only 11,726 votes.
Nearly all precincts have reported but election experts estimate hundreds of thousands of votes have yet to be tallied due to mail-in ballots turned in at voting centers, provisional ballots, and late Election Day counts.
