After the latest drop of counted ballots was released by the state Secretary of State’s office on Wednesday evening, which included many of those cast on Election Day, Decision Desk HQ has announced (with 70 percent est. reporting) that Republican nominee, Donald Trump will come away with a victory in Arizona in the 2024 election. At the time of this writing, he defeats Democrat nominee Kamala Harris, 52.1 percent to 47 percent.
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On Tuesday night, the former president (now-president-elect) secured more than enough electoral votes natonwide to regain the White House in the election. As I wrote, Trump addressed his supporters in West Palm Beach Florida shortly after the news broke about his win, vowing to be the president of all Americans.
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Polling guru Garrett Archer, who does political analysis for the local ABC affiliate, tracks when the various counties across the Copper state drop new ballot numbers. Trump’s win tonight came after the drop of 124,000 ballots between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. MST.Helpfully, Archer updated the state of play between the candidates in the U.S. Senate race, Republican Kari Lake and Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego:
Maricopa County posted 124k ballots in the US Senate race.
Batch breakdown
Gallego: 49.4%
Lake: 48.5%There are about 750k ballots remaining countywide.
— The AZ – abc15 – Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) November 7, 2024
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On that race, RedState will keep you posted when there are further developments/drops.
