Hobbs has cast the race for governor as a contest between sanity and chaos, branding Lake as “seriously dangerous” and drawing attention to the Republican’s opposition to abortion rights. Trump-endorsed candidates who deny the legitimacy of Biden’s victory won GOP primaries up and down the ballot and could take control of offices with a central role in elections. With such high stakes, Arizona has been central to efforts by Trump and his allies to cast doubt on Biden’s victory with false claims of fraud. The election comes as Biden struggles from lagging approval and Trump strongly hints that he will run again in 2024. “They can wait to put their ballot in the working tabulator, they can use the secure drop box, or they can go to another voting center if they don’t want to wait.” “Voters have options,” spokesperson Megan Gilbertson said. Trouble with vote-tabulation machines at 20% of polling places in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous, generated criticism on social media but a spokesperson for the state’s elections department said the problem was minor. They’ll provide insight into whether Biden’s success here in 2020 was a onetime event or the onset of a long-term shift away from the GOP. The results will be a window into the pulse of the electorate in Arizona, a longtime Republican stronghold that turned toward Democrats during the Trump era. Lake faces Democrat Katie Hobbs, the secretary of state who rose to prominence defending the integrity of President Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, where he eked out the smallest margin of any state he won two years ago. Her television-ready demeanor, confrontations with journalists and combative message for Democrats made the first-time candidate a rising star on the right whose future in national politics is already being debated.

Republican Kari Lake, a former television news anchor, says she would not have certified the state’s 2020 election results. PHOENIX (AP) - The appeal of Donald Trump’s movement will be put to the test Tuesday in the race for governor of Arizona, a crucial battleground state where the former president’s allies have taken control of the Republican Party.

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