At the close of counting ballots on Friday evening, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema has expanded her lead in the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Kathy Hoffman has expanded her lead in the Superintendent of Public Instruction race, Democrat Sandra Kennedy has now opened a slight lead for the second seat in the Arizona Corporation Commission race, and Democrat Katie Hobbs has significantly closed the gap in the Secretary of State race. When all the votes are finally counted, we may actually have some Democratic winners after all. Count all the votes! And be prepared for a recount, or two.
According to the Data Guru, there are still 370,000 ballots left to be counted statewide, 266,000 of those in Maricopa County and 60,000 in Pima County.
U.S. Senate (open)
Kyrsten Sinema (R) 991,443
Martha McSally (D) 971,331
Angela Green (GRN) 46,820
Sinema leads by 20,112
Secretary of State
Steve Gaynor (R) 989,749
Katie Hobbs (D) 979,053
Gaynor leads by 10,696
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Kathy Hoffman (D) 986,355
Frank Riggs (R) 954,546
Hoffman leads by 31,809
Corporation Commission (2 seats)
Justin Olson (R) 901,690
Sandra Kennedy (D) 899,847
Rodney Glassman (R) 898,245
Kiana Sears (D) 837,552
Kennedy leads by 1,602 for the second seat
Ballots will be counted until Wednesday, November 14. Stay tuned.