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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.<\/p>\n
Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake gave a late night speech to supporters as updated results showed her taking the lead overnight.<\/span><\/p>\n At around 2am last night, Lake took to Twitter to challenge Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs.<\/p>\n 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.\u201d Some of his supporters were seen praying in a circle around 10 p.m<\/p>\n 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,\u201d Lake tweeted.<\/p>\n 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”.<\/p>\n Votes are still being counted and no official winner has been declared yet.<\/p>\n