Who Won Arizona’s Senate Seat? What to know Lake, Gallego race

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Election Day was Tuesday in Arizona, and voters had a chance to fill a seat in the race for the state’s U.S. Senate seat.

The seat, currently held by independent Kyrsten Sinema, is a six-year term that overlaps current Senator Mark Kelly. Sinema did not run for re-election.

On Tuesday, Arizona voters had a chance to choose either Democrat Ruben Gallego, an Iraq war veteran and former congressman, or Republican Kari Lake, a former television news anchor and staunch Donald Trump ally.

Gallego ran on a platform to protect access to abortion, affordable housing and Arizona’s water supply. Lake ran on a platform to prevent access to abortion and secure the border.

Here’s who’s winning the U.S. Senate election right now, including when we might find out who won.

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Who will win the US Senate race?

Gallego leads the current poll, but by a smaller margin than some might have thought.

With an estimated 68% of the vote counted, Gallego Lake leads by less than 3 percentage points.

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When will we find out who won?

Votes are still being counted across the state. Although about 68% of the votes have been counted, election officials say the counting would continue for a few days after the election. State law gives county election officials about two weeks to complete the count.

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