Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for the Arizona gubernatorial primaries is one of the most anticipated results of this week.
After Maricopa County had not yet counted ballots on Thursday, the race was called. Lake was able to win decisively over her opponent.
Maricopa submitted 43,925 votes to R Gov
THIS is the batch breakdown@karilake 52.3%@Karrin4Arizona 40.6%Robson now in the lead with Lake, 19,641
— The AZ – abc15 – Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) August 5, 2022
Lake declared victory in a statement second time this week. “This is more than an election,” she said. “It is a beautiful movement by so many people across our beautiful state to finally put Arizona First.”
Lake was Trump’s candidate. He was competing primarily with Karrin Taylor Robertson, who was endorsed both by Mike Pence (current Governor Doug Ducey).
Lake felt certain that she would win the election.
At a watch party Tuesday night, Lake took to the stage at a Doubletree in Scottsdale three times as votes trickled in — at one point wielding a sledgehammer she said was intended for electronic voting machines and the Democratic nominee for governor — to tell hundreds of supporters that she won.
“There is no path to victory for my opponent, and we won this race. Period,” she said at her first appearance, when vote totals had Taylor Robson in the lead. “I don’t want any of you not to believe that.”
“And I want to thank President Donald J. Trump,” she added to the energized crowd decked out in Lake gear and “not my president” shirts. “He’s the one that got this whole thing going.”
In November’s general election, Katie Hobbs, the Democratic prima winner will be facing Lake.
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