President Trump weighs in on close Arizona Senate race
As ballots continue to be counted in the race for Arizona Senate, President Donald Trump has called for a new election throughout the state citing electoral corruption in a tweet sent out Friday.
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Democrat Kyrsten Sinema still holds a lead over her Republican Senate nominee Martha McSally by almost 8,000 votes, a difference of less than one percent.
Visit KYMA.com/election-results for the latest numbers pertaining to the Arizona Senate race.
The Arizona Secretary of State’s office said there are still thousands of uncounted ballots being tallied. The office will have updated numbers around 5 p.m. Friday.
Over the past few days, Maricopa County has been processing more than 400,000 ballots that were uncounted, according to Adrian Fontes, Maricopa County Recorder. The Pima County Recorder’s Office said it still had nearly 80,000 uncounted ballots being processed as of Wednesday. In Yuma County, there are about 6,000 ballots that were uncounted as of Wednesday according to the Yuma County Recorder’s Office.
Arizona law states that a recount can be triggered only when the leading two candidates are separated by 0.1 percent of the vote or less.
