Democrat Katie Hobbs will defeat Republican Kari Lake in the Arizona governor's race, ABC News projects.
, flipping the Arizona governor's seat for the first time in more than a decade as midterm voters across the nation appear to have delivered a stunning rejection of election deniers and extremists in midterm contests.
"I welcome the attacks, and I welcome every bit of it with ultimate gladness," Lake said on the heels of her primary win. "Because this fight before us proves to us that God is with us. He has chosen me, and he has chosen you." "We're gonna win -- and when we win, it's going to be come to Jesus for elections in Arizona," Lake said while voting in downtown Phoenix last Tuesday. "There's going to be a come to Jesus."
Hobbs is the third statewide Democrat whom ABC has projected will win their midterm race this year, after Sen. Mark Kelly and Adrian Fontes, who will succeed Hobbs as secretary of state. While the Republican ticket more often than not campaigned together, the Democrats regularly appeared separately, despite a coordinated campaign under Mission for Arizona, raising questions about unity on the ticket.
Lake also highlighted accusations of racism and sexism against Hobbs, citing a winning lawsuit filed by Talonya Adams, a former staffer in Hobbs' state Senate office who was fired. Hobbs said last year, about Adams, "I can say with certainty on my part, my decision in the termination was not based on race or gender. There were other factors.
And there were prominent names that campaigned against Lake. Outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney invested in TV ads in Arizona, clipping Cheney saying during a Q Barrett Marson, a GOP strategist in Arizona, tweeted Friday after Kelly defeated Republican Blake Masters, "Arizona is a conservative state but not a Trump state. And voters keep telling us that."
Lake made border security her top issue, alongside election integrity. She repeated lines from Trump's winning 2016 presidential race, calling migrants who come across the border "known terrorists ... murderers and rapists" while often tying herself to his thinking. "I know President Trump said that many, many years ago. That's a fact," she said at a "Faith and Family" festival.
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