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By The Arizona Republic
Arizona’s attorney general’s race remains a nailbiter with Democrat Kris Mayes’ lead over Republican Abe Hamadeh at less than 1,000 votes.
As of 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Mayes was leading by 732 votes, after more results were released from Apache County.
Mayes’ lead dropped as low as 505 Wednesday morning after vote drops from Cochise County and Pinal County.
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More ballots are expected to be released by Maricopa County Wednesday night. The race is likely to head into a recount, which automatically occurs when the vote differential between candidates are under .5%.
— Tara Kavaler
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10:30 a.m. Wednesday: Educator asks voters to ensure their ballots were counted
Arizona labor leaders celebrated Democrat Katie Hobbs’ win in the governor’s race at the state Capitol on Wednesday morning but said there’s still another race to win — superintendent of public instruction.
Eight counties, including Maricopa Count, released new ballot tallies Tuesday, leaving incumbent Democrat Kathy Hoffman trailing Republican Tom Horne by nearly 9,000 votes. Horne is a former superintendent who is against bilingual education.
Marisol Garcia, president of the Arizona Education Association, urged voters to make sure that their votes have been counted.
“We are out there curing votes. We know that people want her to stay,” Garcia said of Hoffman. “We want to make sure every eligible voter has their voice heard.”
Elections offices track ballots and provide their status to the individual voter through online tools. To check on the status of your ballot go to https://my.arizona.vote/PortalList.aspx.
