PHOENIX — One of the biggest races impacting Arizona is the race for governor as Doug Ducey's term comes to an end. Republican candidate and former TV news anchor Kari Lake is facing Democrat candidate and current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.
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9 a.m., Monday
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell declares victory as she retains a slight lead over Julie Gunnigle. The AP has not yet called the race.
7:00 p.m.
A statement from our campaign manager on the #AZGov results pic.twitter.com/ECGwcC3O8u
— Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) November 14, 2022
3:37 p.m. Sunday
NEW: in Maricopa County, AZ we can expect a vote dump of 90K votes tonight at 6pm hour MST @Garrett_Archer https://t.co/GoRoRmx8EW
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 13, 2022
6:20 p.m. Saturday
Maricopa Co. has 185K-195K remaining ballots to count.
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 13, 2022
Estimated early ballots left to process and tabulate: 171,227
6:15 p.m.
Maricopa County has tabulated 85,656 ballots
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 13, 2022
Est. 194,885 remain (88% complete)
Batch breakdown
Governor@KariLake 51.8@katiehobbs 48.2
Senate@bgmasters 49.1@CaptMarkKelly 49.2
AZSOS@RealMarkFinchem 49.4@Adrian_Fontes 50.6
AZAG@AbrahamHamadeh 52.4@krismayes 47.6
6 p.m.
3 p.m.
Maricopa County Elections officials provide a daily update as ballots continue to be counted. Arizona's race for governor between Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake remains too close to call.
12 p.m.
A crowd is gathering at the Maricopa County Elections Department for a rally. It comes after Senator Mark Kelly was projected by the AP to win Arizona's senate race last night. Viewer discretion is advised.
11:10 a.m.
The Maricopa County Elections Department is live-streaming a hand count audit for 2022 election races for voters to watch.
Today Maricopa County's political parties are completing a hand count audit for races in the 2022 General Election. This is a key step to validate the accuracy of the tabulation system through a random hand count audit. Watch it live at https://t.co/3xsiCA1dkx. pic.twitter.com/Jswzn6YNJp
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 12, 2022
10 a.m.
Blake Masters released the following statement Saturday morning. He has not conceded the race, but says, "if, at the end, Senator Kelly has more [votes] than I do, then I will congratulate him on a hard-fought victory."
— Blake Masters (@bgmasters) November 12, 2022
9:35 a.m. Saturday
A rally is being planned at the Maricopa County Elections office at noon Saturday.
PATRIOTS RISE UP to RALLY tomorrow SATURDAY NOON at the Maricopa County Elections office (510 S. 3rd Ave. Phoenix) to pray for the Light to shine in the darkness and for His truth to be revealed! @KariLake @bgmasters @AbrahamHamadeh @RealMarkFinchem @BenBergquam pic.twitter.com/JXJm5bBQDy
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) November 12, 2022
8:43 p.m. Friday
8:26 p.m.
Democrat Greg Stanton wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 4th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press.
DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney released the following statement on Rep. Greg Stanton’s re-election in AZ-04:
“As the former mayor of Phoenix and now member of Congress, Greg Stanton knows how important it is to focus on what really matters: fixing the roads and helping people get where they need to go, clean drinking water, affordable health care. He’s been a champion for the Valley and that’s why voters are sending him back to Congress. The DCCC is proud to have played a role in helping to re-elect Greg, and we extend a warm congratulations to him on his victory.”
8 p.m.
5 p.m.
ELECTION UPDATE 🗳
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 12, 2022
Sen. Mark Kelly has gained another slight lead over Blake Masters with lots of ballots still left to be counted. A round of counted ballots are expected to drop at about 8 pm in Maricopa County.
RESULTS: https://t.co/6flUAib0SW pic.twitter.com/vRQWMlf93r
12 p.m.
AZ counties confirmed outstanding ballot estimate as of 12PM MST Nov. 11
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 11, 2022
State: 518,034
Apache 8,500
Cochise 8,662
Coconino 12,231
Gila 269
Graham 118
La Paz 1,972
Maricopa 353,885
Mohave 10,600
Pima 114,203
Pinal 16,281
Yavapai 12,458
Yuma 9,180
8:30 a.m.
Here’s what #MaricopaCounty has left within the ~350k ballots left:
— Amelia Fabiano ABC15 (@AmeliaFabianoTV) November 11, 2022
-17k elex day ballots to be reported (the box #3 ballots that had printer ink issue)
-300k early ballots to be processed/tabulated
-29k left to verify
-2900 provisional ballots to look at
8:00 a.m. Friday
Made it inside @MaricopaVote. Poll workers starting to arrive, get checked in, but doesn’t look like counting has started up again yet. A lil BTS of the press setup too. I’m told presser likely not happening until later this afternoon again #MaricopaCounty #ELECTION2022 @abc15 pic.twitter.com/9mqriNqR4b
— Amelia Fabiano ABC15 (@AmeliaFabianoTV) November 11, 2022
9 p.m. Thursday
Republican Eli Crane wins election to U.S. House in Arizona's 2nd Congressional District, beating incumbent Rep. Tom O'Halleran, according to the Associated Press.
8 p.m.
Maricopa County dropped another round of ballots Thursday night.
RESULTS UPDATE: Katie Hobbs holds an approximately 27,000 vote lead against Kari Lake in the race for #Arizona #Governor. LATEST RESULTS: https://t.co/g9LNIVfQTv pic.twitter.com/xdLSHGHHBc
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 11, 2022
4 p.m.
"The goal posts have changed," Maricopa County Elections officials say the amount of mail-in ballots dropped off broke all previous records by a large amount and is a major reason it will take several more days to finish counting. 290,000 mail-in ballots were dropped off in person on Tuesday.
2:21 p.m.
BREAKING: the 17K “drop box 3” ballots are now being counted in Maricopa Co, AZ.
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 10, 2022
Many of these are the ballots that had printing issues at 70 voting locations across the county
As of now the voting machines are reading the ballots, meaning they’re not being duplicated by hand pic.twitter.com/ppgIDb05oR
1:48 p.m.
ELECTIONS UPDATE 🗳
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 10, 2022
Here's the latest look at the #Arizona Governor and U.S. Senate races.
MORE RESULTS: https://t.co/6flUAita74 pic.twitter.com/GFY6SKGW6o
12:48 p.m.
MARICOPA COUNTY: We can expect the next vote dump in Maricopa County, AZ 'sometime after 8pm.'
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 10, 2022
9:57 a.m.
We are processing all of the ballots that were dropped off on Election Day! A team of two people from different political parties separate the ballots from the envelopes and prepare them for tabulation. You can watch the process live here: https://t.co/3xsiCA1dkx pic.twitter.com/pnDWU5Cgpj
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 10, 2022
9:12 a.m.
More results continue to roll through on day three of election coverage.
ELECTIONS UPDATE 🗳
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 10, 2022
MORE RESULTS: https://t.co/6flUAita74 pic.twitter.com/qfbOfkPR16
8:18 a.m., Thursday
Rural counties will come throughout the day. Maricopa and Pima Will do larger drops sometime this evening. As we get closer, we should get a time from them. https://t.co/ZPvhU5ssJK
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 10, 2022
6:10 p.m.
More results continue to roll through. #ArizonaElection
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 10, 2022
LATEST RESULTS: https://t.co/g9LNIVfQTv pic.twitter.com/Hk8WlpOzPw
3:30 p.m.
As of 3:30 p.m., the latest election results show Abe Hamadeh with a slight lead against Kris Mayes for attorney general, with the race for governor neck-and-neck.
Check the latest results here.
2:15 p.m.
President Joe Biden is addressing the nation as we wait to learn which party will control Congress.
1:48 p.m.
More results are rolling in! #ArizonaElection
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 9, 2022
LATEST RESULTS: https://t.co/8CuHrLph7A pic.twitter.com/8GznHCa5J5
12:40 p.m.
Republican Andy Biggs wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 5th Congressional District.
12:09 p.m.
Outstanding non-provisional ballots in AZ confirmed by counties. Vast majority are election day early vote drop offs. (Typically numbers divisible by 10 are still estimates by them).
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
Graham: 3,450
La Paz: 992
Maricopa: 428,000
Pinal: 24,863
Yuma: 8,200
State: 465,505
10: 58 a.m.
Today we are tabulating ballots we've received before Election Day! Remember, all early ballots must be signature verified before they can be processed and tabulated. Watch the entire process live here: https://t.co/3xsiCA1dkx pic.twitter.com/XHVmfScV5n
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 9, 2022
10:56 a.m.
New from Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer: 86,000 early ballots were turned in Friday, Saturday and Sunday before Election Day.
— Jamie Warren (@JamieABC15) November 9, 2022
50,000 were turned in on Monday.
275,000 were dropped off on Election Day. He says that is 100,000 more compared to 2020. #ABC15
10 a.m.
9:47 a.m.
UPDATE: In Maricopa County, AZ
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 9, 2022
There are around 17,000 ballots that were dropped into the Box #3 that need to be counted. Many of these were those ballots that had issues when printed.
Also around 275,000 early ballots were dropped off ON Election Day. @abc15 https://t.co/oulW1l0AtU
9:44 a.m.
More than 400,000+ votes still need to be counted in Maricopa County.@stephen_richer said it’s largely because so many people dropped off mail-in ballots after Friday.
— Zach Crenshaw (@ZachCrenshaw) November 9, 2022
9:03 a.m.
After tabulations from Pinal of about 50k ballots this morning. The statewide contests in AZ have tightened further.
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
.@electtomhorne is now leading @kathyhoffman_az by about 7k votes. @katiehobbs maintains a very slim lead of 12k over @KariLake. pic.twitter.com/AEVHPKey6O
7:34 a.m.
Democrat Adrian Fontes currently leads Republican Mark Finchem in the race for #Arizona Secretary of State by just over 84,000 votes. pic.twitter.com/h1QciCmBKr
— Nick Ciletti (@NickCiletti) November 9, 2022
7:31 a.m.
As more votes are counted, races continue to get even closer... Here's the latest look at the Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruction races. #abc15 pic.twitter.com/PAOtnvGrDg
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 9, 2022
7:19 a.m.
Democrat Katie Hobbs leads Republican Kari Lake in the #Arizona Governor's race by just over 30k votes - still plenty of votes to count. This could still easily go either way. pic.twitter.com/ubo8px21Yk
— Nick Ciletti (@NickCiletti) November 9, 2022
2:26 a.m.
The team, alongside @stephen_richer is working through the night to prepare early ballots dropped off on Election Day across @maricopacounty. We are ready for signature verification 1st thing in the AM because of these dedicated election workers!
— Maricopa County Recorder's Office (@RecordersOffice) November 9, 2022
Visit: https://t.co/hqmSgOcKYL pic.twitter.com/smKJVf7YZ4
2:10 a.m.
That is the balance of what Maricopa will be counting tonight.
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
Which means we're done here.
Next major updates tomorrow evening.
Good Night.
It's 2AM in Arizona. Here is where things stand.
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
1.7 MM ballots cast, ~900k left.
Governor@karilake 48.7@katiehobbs 51.3
Senate@bgmasters 45.5@CaptMarkKelly 52.4
AZSOS@RealMarkFinchem 46.6@Adrian_Fontes 53.4
AZAG@AbrahamHamadeh 48.9@krismayes 51.1
1:55 a.m.
Election Day ballots from all 223 sites have been reported! Our staff is now preparing the 10s of 1000s of early ballots dropped off today for signature verification in the morning. We’ll post more results Wednesday night at https://t.co/iARFPk7uMB
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 9, 2022
1:39 a.m.
1.6 Million ballots in at 1:30AM
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
Here is how things stand@katiehobbs 52.25%@karilake 47.75%
Senate@CaptMarkKelly 54.4%@bgmasters 44.47%
AZSOS@Adrian_Fontes 54.4%@RealMarkFinchem 45.6%
AZAG@krismayes 52.05%@AbrahamHamadeh 47.95%
12:18 a.m., Wednesday
Fourth round of counted ballots have been dropped.
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 9, 2022
LATEST RESULTS: https://t.co/6flUAita74 pic.twitter.com/RQzwqI9Kdp
11:49 p.m.
Ballots are still being counted right now but results for these three propositions have been called:
- Prop 128: Amend Invalid Measures - NO
- Prop 209: Reduce Medical Debt - YES
- Prop 211: Campaign Finance Disclosure - YES
11:14 p.m.
Sen. Mark Kelly is speaking to supporters in Tucson.
11:08 p.m.
Buu Nygren wins Navajo Nation president, beats incumbent Jonathan Nez, according to AP.
10: 50 p.m.
Another round of counted ballots have been dropped.
Third round of counted ballots have been dropped.
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 9, 2022
LATEST RESULTS: https://t.co/6flUAita74 pic.twitter.com/YSrIGCA7jq
10 p.m.
Kari Lake addressed a crowd as ballots continue to be counted in the race for Arizona Governor.
9:45 p.m.
Democrat Raul Grijalva wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 7th Congressional District, per AP.
9:30 p.m.
Second round of counted ballots have been dropped; full update can be found here.
MORE RESULTS 🗳
— ABC15 Arizona (@abc15) November 9, 2022
Another round of counted ballots have been dropped. Katie Hobbs maintains a slight lead over Kari Lake in the race for Arizona governor.
LATEST RESULTS: https://t.co/6flUAib0SW pic.twitter.com/FdQz2qrnZX
9:10 p.m.
Democrat Ruben Gallego wins reelection to U.S. House in Arizona's 3rd Congressional District, according to AP.
8:38 p.m.
My statement on awaiting tonight's results. pic.twitter.com/yba7ASq3i6
— Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) November 9, 2022
8:32 p.m.
VOTERS STILL IN LINE: We spoke with the woman who will be the last voter at this Anthem Outlet location. She says she wants to make sure her voice is heard, and she wants to get that sticker. @abc15 @Garrett_Archer @NicoleSGrigg pic.twitter.com/9cpTTu0dHF
— Ashley Holden (@ashleyvholden) November 9, 2022
8:22 p.m.
Democratic candidate for Arizona governor Katie Hobbs speaks in downtown Phoenix as election results are coming in throughout the state.
8:17 p.m.
It's past 8pm and there are nearly 50 people still waiting in line to cast their ballot at Worship & Word in Peoria. You're almost there! #ElectionDay @abc15 pic.twitter.com/eWLDLEKw4R
— Ashley Paredez (@AshleyOnABC15) November 9, 2022
8:02 p.m.
Unofficial results are now posted! These results are from early ballots received by Saturday. Stay tuned as poll workers pack up 223 Vote Centers and drive the returns to the Elections Department. We’ll update https://t.co/iARFPk7uMB as more tallies start rolling in. pic.twitter.com/NBk5njw14R
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 9, 2022
8:00 p.m.
First batch of election results drop, click here to view.
7:52 p.m.
Remember, the first results released by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors will consist exclusively of early ballots received by Friday, Nov 8.
— Stephen Richer—Maricopa Cnty Recorder (prsnl acct) (@stephen_richer) November 9, 2022
7:22 p.m.
Approximately 245,000 people voted in person today so far in Maricopa County. People that were in line before 7 p.m. will still be allowed to vote, according to Maricopa County election officialls.
7:17 p.m.
County election officials hold update.
7: 00 p.m.
Polls are officially closed. First results will be released at 8 p.m.
7pm update of election day ballots in @maricopacounty
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
Ballots cast: ~245k
Party breakdown of checked-in voters:
Republican: 52%
Unaffiliated: 31%
Democratic: 17%
Since last 430PM: ~22k votes
Republican: 41%
Unaffiliated: 36%
Democratic: 23%
6:56 p.m.
Maricopa County judge denies motion to extend poll hours to 10 p.m.
BREAKING: Judge rules against RNC. Vote centers will close at 7pm.
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
If you are in line though, stay in line. You will have the opportunity to vote.
6:40 p.m.
A time-lapse of voters in line @asuwestcampus! 20 mins til 7pm. @abc15 pic.twitter.com/8andiBGVhp
— Ashley Paredez (@AshleyOnABC15) November 9, 2022
6:30 p.m.
A judge is deciding whether to keep voting locations open until 10 p.m. in Maricopa County after a lawsuit was filed by the RNC.
6:15 p.m.
At 6:30 p.m. a Maricopa County judge is expected to decide on whether polling locations will remain open until 10 p.m. Click here for more information.
6:00 p.m.
The polls close in an hour! Make sure you're in line by 7 p.m. to vote in the General Election. Visit https://t.co/8YEmXceI5T to find Vote Centers and secure ballot drop boxes. pic.twitter.com/IZEc5DbbBE
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 9, 2022
5:19 p.m.
Republican ED turnout in Pima is at about the same place as Maricopa in terms of vote share. https://t.co/PZpqMu7tht
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 9, 2022
4:48 p.m.
Republican National Committee sues to extend poll hours in Maricopa County. Here’s what we know.
4:30 p.m.
4:30pm update of election day ballots in @maricopacounty
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 8, 2022
Ballots cast: ~188k
Party breakdown of checked-in voters:
Republican: 54%
Unaffiliated: 30%
Democratic: 16%
Since last 3PM: ~28k votes
Republican: 48%
Unaffiliated: 33%
Democratic: 19%
4:24 p.m.
Printing issues at 47 of the 60 voting locations have been corrected.
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 8, 2022
4:03 p.m.
The longest wait time is currently at the Via Linda Senior Center in Scottsdale, but just 2.3 miles away there is a location with a 0 minute wait time at 12125 E Via Linda, Scottsdale 85259.
— Maricopa County (@maricopacounty) November 8, 2022
Find locations near you at https://t.co/8vtd1lBUCT. https://t.co/4Ljn3UjhXB
4 p.m.
Arizona Attorney General confirms that RideShare2Vote is no longer soliciting and/or advertising voting-related rideshare services in Arizona after sending a cease-and-desist letter that was sent on November 7.
3:58 p.m.
AIR15 tracking lines at voting centers.
3:48 p.m.
Pinal County operates a Polling Place model, not a Vote Center model like Maricopa County. Therefore, ballots are taken back to the Elections Department after Polls close, where they are tabulated centrally. So we do not have tabulation machines in our Polling Places.
— Pinal County Vote (@PinalVote) November 8, 2022
2:06 p.m.
“SOLUTION FOUND”: we will hear from Maricopa County, AZ leaders soon as Maricopa Co. has identified a solution for tabulation issues today pic.twitter.com/U10NYHKaeb
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 8, 2022
2:02 p.m.
LONG LINES: This is the line at the Anthem Outlets it wraps around the stores. We just pulled in and are about to talk to Maricopa County voters. @abc15 @NicoleSGrigg @Garrett_Archer pic.twitter.com/3cqcYcNzix
— Ashley Holden (@ashleyvholden) November 8, 2022
1:29 p.m.
1:15 update of election day votes in @maricopacounty
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 8, 2022
votes cast: ~125k
Party breakdown of checked-in voters:
Republican: 56%
Unaffiliated: 29%
Democratic: 15%
Since last update: ~22k votes
Republican: 53%
Unaffiliated: 31%
Democratic: 16%
12:38 p.m
Voters who have already checked in, but want to cast a ballot at another site must first check out with a poll worker at the SiteBook to return the issued ballot. After checking out, the voter will be able to vote at any of our locations. Find them at https://t.co/8YEmXceI5T https://t.co/PwmguayIsu
— Maricopa County Elections Department (@MaricopaVote) November 8, 2022
12:30 p.m.
Air15 is tracking long lines at some voting centers across the Valley. Watch video here.
12:04 p.m.
.@maricopacounty election day voting update as of 12pm.
— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 8, 2022
Total Cast: ~103k
Ballot share breakdown by party:
Republican: 57%
Unaffiliated: 28%
Democratic: 14%
11:51 a.m.
10:17 a.m.
The Secretary of State's Office says they have received no reports or updates of instances of voter intimidation today so far.
9:56 a.m.
Ballots placed into the door 3 slot will be tabulated securely at the downtown election center under watch of the political parties,Maricopa County tweets.
9:39 a.m.
More than 57,000 people have voted in person so far.
9:17 a.m.
ABC15 has received numerous emails and messages about voting machines not working. Officials say 20% of vote centers are experiencing issues with voting machines.
9:16 a.m.
About 45,000 voters have checked in at Maricopa County voting locations. 58% of those voters are Republican, 27% unaffiliated, and 15% Democratic.
9:04 a.m.
If your ballot is not able to read in tabulation machine, @stephen_richer and @billgatesaz say to enter your ballot into option #3 seen here.
— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) November 8, 2022
They say the system is designed for a backup option like this in case of issues.
Right now around 1 in 5 ballots are having issues pic.twitter.com/ktsC9YVcmG
8:50 a.m.
8:11 a.m.
7:33 a.m.
Maricopa County Recorder says over 23,000 people have checked in in person and successfully voted. Stephen Richer says there are tabulator issues at a few locations, but backup plans allow those votes to be tabulated.
7:09 a.m.
Check in stations begin working at Burton Barr Library.
7 a.m.
15,000 voters have checked in as of 7 a.m.
6:35 a.m.
Maricopa County says voters at Burton Barr have three options: Drop off ballots at door number three, wait for the tabulator to come online, or go to another location nearby.
6:17 a.m.
Poll workers at the Burton Barr Library tell ABC15 the location is currently a drop off site ONLY. They report they are having an issue with the tabulation machine and are sending people down the street to the art museum to vote in person. They are working to find out what the issue is.
6 a.m., Tuesday