Opinion: Kari Lake loses – again. Even Trump voters chose Gallego.
The state of Arizona just proved once and for all that there is only one Donald Trump.
And his name isn’t Kari Lake.
After nearly four years of campaigning for two different jobs, Arizona’s self-proclaimed “Trump in a dress” has been sent packing by Arizona voters.
Again, that is.
Lake lost the 2022 governor’s race by 17,116 votes.
With the final votes still being counted in last week's Senate election, she was trailing Democrat Ruben Gallego late Monday by 72,626 votes, prompting The Associated Press to call the race.
In fact, Kari Lake may be the only bright spot in this election for the Arizona Democratic Party, which had hoped to seize control of the legislature and a pair of congressional seats and now is just hoping to remain relevant.
No doubt, Democrats are grateful to those Republican primary voters who snubbed Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb, a guy who likely would be Sen.-elect Lamb today had he won the primary.
Instead, there is Sen.-elect Gallego, the third Democrat sent to the U.S. Senate from Arizona after nearly three decades of Republicans owning both seats.
Once upon a time, conventional wisdom would have given Gallego no chance to win a statewide race in Arizona. He’s a leftie in what is still........
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