Arizona’s MAGA candidates should learn from Raquel Terán. She lost her congressional bid against Yassamin Ansari by less than 40 votes and isn’t throwing a tantrum.

There are no conspiracy theories about stolen votes or malfunctioning machines or election workers’ shenanigans.

None of that — just normal procedures in an automatic recount, which confirmed Ansari’s victory in the Democratic primary to replace U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego in the heavily Hispanic district that spans south and west Phoenix.

Terán, the former state lawmaker and former party chair, called the razon-thin margin a testament that every vote matters.

Ansari reciprocated Terán’s gracious concession by thanking her and Duane Wooten, who trailed in distant third place.

If that sounds kind of strange, it is because some Arizona MAGA folks simply don't accept defeat, regardless of the vote count, recounts and countless lawsuits.

Take, for instance, Kari Lake. She still thinks she won the governorship in 2022, though she lost by larger margin than........

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