Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs will win the race for Arizona governor, beating Trumpist Republican Kari Lake as the final batches of votes are counted, the Tucson Sentinel projects. Hobbs is leading by about 20,000 votes, and Lake doesn't have enough running room to make up that ground. Read more»

Republicans in Arizona and elsewhere have insisted the days-long tabulation of early ballots is a new phenomenon that is aimed at undercutting faith in the elections and harming GOP candidates - but final election results have never been available on Election Night in Arizona. Read more»

Kari Lake cut into Katie Hobbs’ lead for Arizona governor on Sunday, but not by as much as her campaign hoped — or enough to put her in a good position to overtake Hobbs as the final ballots are tallied in the upcoming days. Read more»

Republican commentators and candidates are espousing theories about elections in Maricopa County, unsupported by facts, that have spread like wildfire on social media - and the county is attempting to quell them. Read more»

The United States’ ceiling for female governors was shattered this week, with voters in 12 states electing women to the role, breaking the prior record of nine set for the first time back in 2004. Read more»

Two main differences explain why Florida posted the majority of election results by the end of Election Night and Arizona didn't: Florida didn’t have an avalanche of mail ballots on Election Day and Florida counties has in-house scanners that process the ballot envelopes. Read more»

Election conspiracy theorists who echoed the lies of former President Donald Trump lost several key races Tuesday, though some others in Republican-dominated states will now be tasked with running elections. Read more»

As more votes were tallied Wednesday, Republican candidates in Arizona began to catch up to their Democratic opponents who took early leads, but full results won’t be available for several days, at the earliest. Read more»

About 160,000 ballots remain to be counted in Pima County on Wednesday, among about half a million still to tally across Arizona, as many races remain too close to call. Read more»

In the best possible environment, Arizona Republicans are struggling to win key races. The state is not reverting to pre-Trump form and is no longer a Republican stronghold. Read more»

Democrats led many major races across Arizona on Tuesday night, but Republican turnout was strong on Election Day, and many races trended their way as more votes were tallied. In Pima County alone, at least 50,000 ballots remain to be counted, and about 500,000 across the state. Read more»

Democrats led many major races across Arizona on Tuesday night as the first vote counts were released. But Republican turnout was strong on Election Day, and many races are bound to be much closer as more votes are tallied. Up early were Sen. Mark Kelly, gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs and U.S. House candidate Kirsten Engel. Read more»

The results of the 2022 Arizona secretary of state race appeared up for grabs late Tuesday, with Democrat Adrian Fontes holding an early advantage over Republican Mark Finchem. Read more»

Vying to become Arizona’s first Democratic governor since 2009, Secretary of State Katie Hobbs moved ahead of former television anchor and Trump ally Kari Lake in early returns Tuesday night. Read more»

With virtually all early ballots counted, Democrats have bigger than expected leads in many hotly contested statewide races, but because many Republicans waited to vote in-person on Tuesday, early results will change dramatically in the hours and days ahead. Read more»