Nearly a week after the midterm elections, the race for Arizona governor between Democrat (and current Secretary of State) Katie Hobbs and Republican Kari Lake is being called by NBC News, CNN and Decision Desk HQ:
NBC News projects that Katie Hobbs (D) has won the race for Arizona governor
— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) November 15, 2022
BREAKING: Katie Hobbs elected as Arizona governor, NBC News projects, defeating Trump-backed Kari Lake. https://t.co/JunHlJQBqk
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 15, 2022
CNN Projection: Democrat Katie Hobbs will defeat Republican Kari Lake in Arizona gubernatorial race
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 15, 2022
Decision Desk HQ projects Katie Hobbs (D) elected governor in Arizona.
R to D Flip.#DecisionMade: 8:50pm EST
Follow more results here: https://t.co/erllKAE1oN pic.twitter.com/tPr9aZOKBk
— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 15, 2022
Update: Fox News has also made the call:
NEW: The @FoxNews Decision Desk projects that Katie Hobbs (D) defeats Kari Lake (R) in race for Arizona governor.
The race may go to a recount under AZ law.— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) November 15, 2022
Hobbs refused to debate Lake and did her fair share of dodging the media, a strategy that really sounds familiar — but in the end that didn’t seem to matter:
The strategy of staying in the basement must be working for the Democrats. https://t.co/qpI6VBhjMR
— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) November 15, 2022
She literally didn’t even campaign.
Good Lord. https://t.co/OwQsoBT91J
— Bob Weave (@lowkeyrbe) November 15, 2022
A Phoenix TV station’s graphic mistake late last month accidentally predicted the outcome:
Here’s a still image with a red ☑️ next to Katie Hobbs, declaring her the winner 53-47 over Kari Lake pic.twitter.com/y3r8AfyJ9q
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 28, 2022
🚨🚨HOLY CRAP🚨🚨
Fox10 in Phoenix—Kari Lake’s former station—just displayed a graphic showing Katie Hobbs won the Arizona governor’s race 12 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION pic.twitter.com/2Gxq09rfo7
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 28, 2022
The on-screen graphic over two weeks ago caught Lake’s attention at the time:
WOAH.. right after my press conference going after the Media. Retaliation? https://t.co/Khm5LI8b32
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) October 28, 2022
That chyron accident ended up coming to fruition, apparently. Go figure.
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Related:
Kari Lake War Room roasts Katie Hobbs for saying slow AZ election count ‘exactly what we expected’
Katie Hobbs’ lead over Kari Lake in Arizona has shrunk to 4,094 votes; Lauren Boebert is even closer
CNN hosts weren’t buying Katie Hobbs’ excuses for dodging a debate with Kari Lake
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Editor’s Note: Republican voters deserve answers and accountability for the failed red wave.
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