PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake took an overnight lead against Karrin Taylor Robson, with 46 percent to 44 percent of the vote. Lake, a former news anchor, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s primary against Karrin Taylor Robson, a development attorney backed by several Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence and current Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey.
Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake gave a late night speech to supporters as updated results showed her taking the lead overnight.
At around 2am last night, Lake took to Twitter to challenge Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs.
Ahead of his confirmed lead, Lake told a crowd at a campaign rally that he is “winning this 100%” and that “there is no path to victory for my opponent.” We won this race.” Some of his supporters were seen praying in a circle around 10 p.m
In early July, Lake announced on Twitter that former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio had endorsed her with three weeks left in the race. “Sheriff Joe knows the damage that out-of-control crime and immigration can do to this state. I will not back down in my fight to secure our border and defend Arizona. They called Joe, ‘America’s Toughest Sheriff’ . I will be their toughest governor,” Lake tweeted.
Around the same time, Robson was endorsed by Governor Doug Ducey. She announced her support via a Twitter video saying, “No surprises with Karrin. She is a lifelong conservative Republican who got her start working for President Ronald Reagan.” She also supported Robson’s policies that she is “Pro-Life, Pro-Gun and Pro-Wall”.
Votes are still being counted and no official winner has been declared yet.
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