JACQUES BILLEAUD Dec 29, 2022, 02:50 PM EST This is another misguided attempt by her to defame and cancel a political opponent instead of addressing the serious issues facing our state.. This triggered an automatic recount under Arizona law; the recount was completed on December 29 with the Democrat winning by an even slimmer 280 vote margin and just 0.01%, making it the closest statewide election in any state in 2022. Albert Sun Arizonas closely watched races for Senate and governor remained too close to call in the state, where 400,000 ballots in Maricopa County await counting. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, a Democrat, was elected to a third term, holding off a strong challenge from a Republican newcomer. , The Hillbilly Elegy author and Republican J.D. February 22, 2023 / 10:46 PM / CBS/AP. 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Compared to Kemps reported votes, Walkers fell short in every county, but especially in the Atlanta area and its suburbs. This hearing was scheduled for the 21st, however the office motioned the court on that day to reschedule it to the 29th at 10 a.m. (only 4 days prior to the inauguration of the winner) due to the delays in Pinal County. Nov. 9, 2022, Voters in three states enshrined lasting protections for abortion rights in their state Constitutions. , David Valadao, Republican, wins re-election to the U.S. House to represent Californias 22nd Congressional District. Nate Cohn A rural Arizona county board that was embroiled in 2022 over voting machine conspiracies voted 2-1 along party lines Tuesday, Feb. 28, to give responsibility for elections through 2024 to Stevens, the county's elected Republican recorder, a move the state Attorney General's office suggested may be illegal. Reporting by Grace Ashford, Maggie Astor, Michael C. 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[43][44] Jantzen dismissed one count of the lawsuit alleging that unverified early ballots were illegal votes. Kathy Hochul claimed victory late Tuesday against Representative Lee Zeldin, a conservative Republican. He put winning Donald Trumps affection ahead of the responsibilities of his office. Maggie Astor , Kathy Hochul, New Yorks first female governor, beat Rep. Lee Zeldin in the states closest race in decades. On December 20, judge Lee Jantzen of Mohave County Superior Court denied Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' motion to dismiss and stated that Hamadeh "is not alleging political motives or fraud or personal agendas being pushed", but "is simply alleging misconduct by mistake, or omission by election officials, led to erroneous count of votes and which if true could have led to an uncertain result." With Democratic Kris Mayes leading Republican Abe Hamadeh by 510 votes, Arizona law requires an automatic recount in the race for Arizona attorney general. With Hamadeh's defeat, Republicans running statewide in battleground states who spread former President Donald Trump's false claim that the 2020 election was stolen have all lost their races. Hamadeh and the Republican National Committee (RNC) initially filed a lawsuit last month, contesting the elections preliminary results with allegations of fraud. Finchem himself did not repeat the claim when asked to give sworn testimony to investigators. He is facing Kris Mayes, a former Republican who switched to the Democratic party in 2019. At the Capitol:Hearing spotlights far-fetched election conspiracies. These ballots, which in 2020 favored Trump, were not enough to tilt the election in favor of the Republican candidate Kari Lake. Both theWashington Postand theArizona Republicpublished extensive accounts of Brnovichs efforts to curry favor with the fascist right while he was seeking the Republican nomination for US Senate in 2022, based on documents now made public by the new state attorney general, Democrat Kris Mayes. Nov. 9, 2022, Democratic House candidates outperformed Biden in several Michigan districts, bucking a rightward trend and maintaining seven of their seats. Lazaro Gamio In Colorado, a measure to decriminalize certain psychedelics is close but yet to be decided. Arizona races senate house governor sec. Alicia Parlapiano Nov. 8, 2022, Pennsylvania is home to a close Senate race between Lt. Gov. . Stacey Abrams has conceded to Brian Kemp, the Republican governor of Georgia. The Washington Post was first to report on the series of documents released by Mayes' office. Investigators spent more than 10,000 hours looking into 638 complaints. Most of the vote reporting so far is early, and Democrats are expected to win those votes by a large margin. In Wisconsin, Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican, is up for re-election against Lt. Gov. Nate Cohn With nearly 2.59 million ballots tabulated as of Friday evening, Mayes now has 1,252,882 votes. 4 min read. Because Alaska uses ranked choice voting, we may not know the winner until Nov. 23. Brnovich had alienated Trump and his most hysterical supporters by acknowledging in November 2020 that Democrat Joe Biden had won the states electoral votes and opposing unsupported challenges to the validity of the result. Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, is facing a strong challenge from the Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka. Arizona Attorney General Election Results, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-arizona-attorney-general.html. 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Nov. 9, 2022, Cortez Masto is behind in Nevada at the moment, but there are a lot of votes left in Clark and Washoe, counties home to the state's largest cities. Taking control of the governorship and both legislative chambers in these states could ease Democrats ability to pass legislation on an array of issues. Nov. 8, 2022, The Georgia Senate race, which could go to a Dec. 6 runoff, could determine which party controls the chamber. Arizona voters have elected an assortment of Democrats and Republicans to all levels of office and burnished the state's credentials as a premier purple state as the 2022 midterm elections. Democrats will gain a seat in the new Congress, retaining the power to advance the presidents agenda and his judicial and cabinet picks. Greg Abbott brushed off a well-funded challenge from Beto ORourke, winning a third term as Texas governor. Maggie Astor Nov. 8, 2022, Gov. The Associated Press also provides estimates for the share of votes reported, which are shown for races for which The Times does not publish its own estimates. Representative Sean Patrick Maloney has conceded defeat to Mike Lawler, a first-term Republican state assemblyman. In March 2022, his investigators prepared their report and their boss smothered it. [43], This allowed for Hamadeh's lawsuit to proceed to an evidentiary hearing, which was held on December 23, lasting for three hours, with the result being that Judge Jantzen, ruling from the bench, denied Hamadeh's election challenge. With Democratic Kris Mayes leading Republican Abe Hamadeh by 510 votes, Arizona law requires an automatic recount in the race for Arizona attorney general. His Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, is backed by Donald Trump. Alicia Parlapiano Among them: Pennsylvania, Michigan and Texas. On Dec. 1, 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr undercut Trump's claims of voter fraud by telling the Associated Press: " [W]e have not seen fraud on a scale that could have [caused] a . Finchem was the Republican candidate for Arizonas secretary of state and if he had wonhe lost by 120,000 votes, about 4.8 percentwould have been in charge of the states election machinery in the 2024 election. The Associated Press has not yet called the race. Nov. 8, 2022, Six of the eight most competitive Senate races are in states that did not call a winner in the presidential race until after election night: Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Nov. 9, 2022, Democrats and Republicans each need to win three more competitive Senate seats to win control of the chamber (in addition to the races they are expected to win most easily). "They didn't just do a rubber stamp of what it was," Barr said. But he is not a political opponent of Katie Hobbs. 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