US media declared Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs the winner of the gubernatorial election on Tuesday night NST, after she gained a slim lead in the count.

“Democracy is worth the wait,” Hobbes wrote on Twitter after the victory appeared to be sealed.

– Thank you very much, Arizona. She added, “I am very honored and proud to be your next governor.”

Carrie Lake, considered one of Donald Trump’s safest ticket holders in the midterm elections, has indicated that she will not accept the outcome.

She writes that people in Arizona recognize BS when they see her Twitter.

BS is short for “nonsense”.

Biden refuses to win

Lake is among those who are unaware of Joe Biden’s victory over Trump in the presidential election two years ago.

She has a background as a journalist for a local TV channel, but quit her job last year to pursue politics full time. She has been a strong advocate for Trump and his political ideas and among other things has come out strong against traditional media and the political establishment.

Campaigning in Arizona, she and her supporters repeatedly cast doubt on the competence and integrity of the civil service.

Definitely a head start

When 95 percent of the votes were counted, Hobbs won 50.41 percent of the vote, compared to Carrie Lake’s 49.59 percent, according to The New York Times. Overview.

According to the Associated Press, Hobbs then led by 20,000 votes over Lake, a lead that Lake, according to the news agency, would not be able to recoup when 5 percent remained in the count.

The Arizona elections could be decisive for the presidential elections in two years, as Lake rejected the election results in 2020. She said, among other things, that she would never have agreed to a Biden victory in Arizona, which is one of the most important matters in the United States. swing states.