PHOENIX—Only 66 percent of votes are in, but as of 10 a.m. local time in Arizona, Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake had significantly shrunk the gap between herself and her rival, Democrat Katie Hobbs.
At 10:45 p.m. in Arizona the night before, Hobbs led Lake by approximately 170,000 votes. By 11:45 p.m., that lead had narrowed slightly to 163,000 votes. Now, only about 11,000 votes separate Lake and Hobbs.
Before election night kicked off, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors gave multiple press briefings to cool what it called “false narratives.” They stated that per Arizona law, anyone with a mail-in ballot had until 7 p.m. on election night to turn in their vote….