{"id":1737740,"date":"2022-11-14T09:11:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T14:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737740"},"modified":"2022-11-14T10:54:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:54:24","slug":"katie-hobbs-lead-over-kari-lake-narrows-in-arizona-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/katie-hobbs-lead-over-kari-lake-narrows-in-arizona-governors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Hobb&#8217;s Lead Over Kari Lake Narrows in Arizona Governor&#8217;s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkatie-hobbs-lead-over-kari-lake-narrows-in-arizona-governors-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As the nail-biting tension of the race for governor of Arizona continues to unfold, a new report offers a bit of optimism for supporters of Republican Kari Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-election-expert-gives-ballot-breakdown-no-path-victory-hobbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Katie Hobbs<\/a> has been in the lead since Election Night after a hard-fought campaign between Lake and Hobbs.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Hobbs defied predictions that she would lose her lead when 85,000 votes from Maricopa County were tallied. With those counted, she was clinging to a 1.6 percentage-point lead, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/arizona-democrat-katie-hobbs-kari-lake-race-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSAZ-TV.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Saturday closed with about 270,000 votes left to count, and Hobbs up by about 35,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Garrett Archer, an elections analyst with KNXV-TV suggested that the erosion in the lead held by Hobbs that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-election-chaos-arizona-nevada-erodes-faith-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> have been waiting for could be finally beginning.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-trending\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Trending:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-embarrasses-america-egypt-struggles-read-teleprompter-winces-messes\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-trending\">Joe Biden Embarrasses America in Egypt as He Struggles to Read Teleprompter, Winces as He Messes Up<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">About 90k of the remaining 170k uncounted EVs are from the ruby red CDs 5, 8, and 9. Another 70k from purple CDs 1 and 4. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AAijIbiNyF\">https:\/\/t.co\/AAijIbiNyF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The AZ \u2013 abc15 \u2013 Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Garrett_Archer\/status\/1591837732682502145?\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Garrett_Archer\/status\/1591837732682502145?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAbout 90k of the remaining 170k uncounted EVs are from the ruby red CDs 5, 8, and 9. Another 70k from purple CDs 1 and 4,\u201d he wrote in a Twitter post, referring to early votes in the state\u2019s congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p>The comment was in line with a tweet from Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc4b. Being that guy again.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s 85K batch only included a portion of this 114K. The reason you haven\u2019t seen any calls, is b\/c The agencies know this is coming.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not a question that Rs will win the next batches. Only a question of by how much. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZUnoNIHwb9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZUnoNIHwb9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The AZ \u2013 abc15 \u2013 Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Garrett_Archer\/status\/1591631960237297664?\">November 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Garrett_Archer\/status\/1591631960237297664?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a question that Rs will win the next batches. Only a question of by how much,\u201d he wrote in a separate tweet.<\/p>\n<p>However, Republican pollster Paul Bentz of the Phoenix firm HighGround had been less rosy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arizona-ballots-left-counted-likely-break-heavily-lake-masters-based-past-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake\u2019s chances<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/11\/12\/arizona-governor-vote-count-update-kari-lake-katie-hobbs-pivotal\/10675267002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Republic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s still a path to victory here for Lake,\u201d Bentz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut she needs these remaining\u00a0rounds of ballots to be incredibly Republican-leaning from here on out. She can\u2019t afford to have another round of returns on this level;\u00a0otherwise, it will make it incredibly difficult to come back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<p>Do you think Kari Lake will win the Arizona governor seat?<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\">\n<p>Yes: 91% (3374 Votes)<\/p>\n<p>No: 9% (339 Votes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lake said after the polls closed that she would be patient, but that she also had faith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod did not put us in this fight because it was going to be easy,\u201d Lake said Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/were-going-to-be-patient-kari-lake-addresses-supporters-at-arizona-gop-post-election-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KSAZ-TV<\/a>. \u201cNot one thing that we\u2019ve had to go through has been easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna be patient. We\u2019re gonna wait,\u201d Lake said. \u201cWe will take the victory when it comes, and we will turn this around.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-related\" class=\"in-article-more inner-content\">\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article-more-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-float-new-role-liz-cheney-early-gop-election-leads-evaporate\/\" data-type=\"Internal link\" data-type-location=\"in-content-related\">Democrats Float New Role for Liz Cheney as Early GOP Election Leads Evaporate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Fox News\u2019 \u201cSunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo\u201d on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kari-lake-explodes-seeing-voters-endure-election-run-bunch-clowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake<\/a> said Hobbs, who is currently Arizona\u2019s secretary of state and as such oversees elections, should have recused herself from that role because of her candidacy for governor.<\/p>\n<p><noscript>Watch the latest video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\">foxnews.com<\/a><\/noscript><br \/>\n\u201cWe called for her to recuse herself July of last year, 2021, right after we got into the race, recognizing that there\u2019s a major ethical problem there. Obviously, just the optics of it looks bad. And she didn\u2019t do that,\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/kari-lake-slams-dem-opponent-not-recusing-election-chief-despite-run-major-ethical-problem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though many people [have] been calling for her to recuse herself, it creates problems, to say the least.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\" class=\"author-info inner-content\">\n<div class=\"author-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/foto4wj-jack-davis-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta-text\">\n<p>Contributor, News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the nail-biting tension of the race for governor of Arizona continues to unfold, a new report offers a bit of optimism for supporters of Republican Kari Lake. 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