Kari Lake’s campaign to succeed Doug Ducey as governor of Arizona has failed because she supported Donald Trump’s phoney allegations of voter fraud in 2020.
Arizona is a battleground state that is anticipated to be crucial in the 2024 presidential election, making the hotly contested race with Democrat Katie Hobbs one of the most important in the US midterm elections.
Conspiracy theorists falsely assert that Ms. Lake would outlaw the state’s mail-in voting system because it is susceptible to fraud.
Democracy is worth the wait, Ms. Hobbs tweeted when the winner was announced.
Her vanquished rival mocked the election on Twitter, writing: “Arizonans know BS when they see it.”
Democrats had a great week despite Republicans’ predictions of a “red wave” in the midterm elections, which were finished off by her loss.
With Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, Democrats managed to maintain their majority in the US Senate by hanging onto seats in the swing states of Arizona and Nevada.
If Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock defeats Republican candidate Herschel Walker in a Georgia runoff on December 6, the party might achieve an absolute majority.
Ms. Lake, a former television news anchor, was one of several Republican candidates who supported Trump and lost in competitive states.
In contests for governor and other statewide election positions, voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin rejected election deniers as well.
According to NBC, the Republicans are three seats short of obtaining the 218-seat majority required to take control of the House of Representatives.
Democrats, who have controlled the House and the Senate for the previous two years, would lose their majority if the Republicans were to win.
Republicans may then obstruct President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
