Breaking news from Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report:
Projection: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D) has defeated Rep. Martha McSally (R) in #AZSEN. This thing has been over for a while.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 12, 2018
Rep. Sinema is up by about 30,000 votes at this point:
About 90 minutes ago, D Hobbs overtook R Gaynor for SOS by 150 votes, but then Pinal reported again and Gaynor is now 259 (out of more than 2,100,000!) ahead. D Sinema is up by 32,300 for US Senate, Hoffman's lead is 46,822 for SPI, and D Kennedy remains in first for CorpComm…
— Steve Farley (@SteveFarleyAZ) November 12, 2018
But there still are thousands of ballots left to count:
McSally-Sinema Senate race: Sinema widens lead over McSally: Sinema aide claims lead is insurmountable with 200k plus votes still uncounted. . . https://t.co/LGEMYESgv5
— Tony Davis (@tonydavis987) November 12, 2018
Rep. Sinema campaign manager declared victory as well:
BREAKING @kyrstensinema campaign manager declares her lead 'is insurmountable… Kyrsten will be declared the next U.S. Senator from Arizona.' Race has not yet been called by any media org. #AZSEN #12News pic.twitter.com/FqFhmDpPFp
— BrahmResnik (@brahmresnik) November 12, 2018