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Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., has gained the race for Arizona’s open Senate seat, defeating Republican Kari Lake, an in depth ally of newly elected President Donald Trump, in accordance with The Related Press Monday night time.
Gallego has served within the Home of Representatives since 2015 and represents Arizona’s seventh and third Congressional Districts.
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Kari Lake and Rep. Ruben Gallego competed for Arizona’s open Senate seat. (Reuters)
Lake unsuccessfully ran for governor of Arizona in 2022 and was defeated by Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Ariz. Previous to her governorship, she was a information anchor for a neighborhood tv station in Arizona and labored in media for 27 years.
After the 2022 loss, she disputed the outcomes, citing fraud issues within the state. Extra nonetheless claims that important irregularities occurred in 2020 and 2022, echoing the claims of Trump and plenty of of his supporters. The considerations have led the Republican Nationwide Committee to commit important assets to election integrity efforts.
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Main elections have been held on Tuesday night to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Ruben Gallego on the finish of this 12 months. (Getty Photographs)
Lake ran in opposition to Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb within the Republican Senate main, whereas Gallego had a bonus and ran unopposed within the Democratic main.
The Fox Information Energy Rankings rated the Arizona Senate race as “Leans Democrat” in September. In the identical method the Cook dinner political reporta high political handicapper, additionally thought-about the race “Lean Democrat.”
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Senator Kyrsten Sinema speaks at a committee in Washington, DC on October 19, 2021 (Picture by Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Photographs)
The Senate seat is at present occupied by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., who was elected as a Democrat. She nonetheless caucuses with Senate Democrats, however formally registered as an impartial years in the past after opposing her fellow Democrats within the Senate over the legislative filibuster. Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin, IW.Va., are credited with going in opposition to Democrats to keep up the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
Each senators determined to not stand for re-election.
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Rep. Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake are competing in Arizona’s Senate race. (Getty Photographs)
Earlier than saying she wouldn’t search one other time period, Sinema’s potential candidate threatened to upset the Senate race, with strategists uncertain how her supporters would break.
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Within the polls main as much as the Senate elections, Gallego Lake typically led by single digits. He had even managed to place his opponent forward in surveys by which Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. Consultants speculated that his connection to Latino voters may have fueled split-ticket voting within the state, regardless of the apply changing into comparatively uncommon.
Whereas Lake typically examined her relationship with Trump, who had out-performed her within the state, Gallego didn’t typically do the identical with Harris throughout his marketing campaign.
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Julia Johnson is a political author for Fox Information Digital and Fox Enterprise and leads protection of the U.S. Senate. She was beforehand a political reporter on the Washington Examiner.
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