Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake
Source: Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizonas first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority.
Gallegos victory continues a string of Democratic successes in a state that was reliably Republican until Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Arizona voters had rejected Trump-endorsed candidates in every election since, but the president-elect won Arizona this year over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris
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With Gallegos win, the GOP will have 53 seats in the 100-member Senate.
Gallego is a five-term House member and an Iraq War veteran with an up-by-the-bootstraps life story that he featured prominently in his public appearances and ads. He will replace Kyrsten Sinema, whose 2018 victory as a Democrat created a formula that the party has successfully replicated ever since.
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oasis
(51,730 posts)Democrats in congress.
SunSeeker
(53,897 posts)But AP waited a long time to call the Senate race for Gallego, even though he was comfortably ahead for some time now.
Fuck AP.
Omaha Steve
(103,634 posts)sdfernando
(5,389 posts)Every little bit of good news is so welcome to me right now!
maxsolomon
(35,169 posts)because I had my doubts.
Motherfucker for POTUS, sure, but Kari Lake for Senator? A bridge too far...
republianmushroom
(17,891 posts)Archae
(46,841 posts)It just never dawns on her, Arizona doesn't like her!