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Senate: Kelly extends lead in Arizona to 114K votes, Cortez Masto catching up in Nevada, 8K behind [1]
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Date: 2022-11-10
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona
Prospects are brightening for Democrats to retain control of the Senate without relying on the outcome of the Georgia runoff.
In Arizona, Sen, Mark Kelly extended his statewide lead to about 114,000 votes after the latest release of votes from Maricopa (Phoenix-area) and Pima (Tucson-area) counties.
With 75% of the vote counted, Kelly had 1,058,928 votes (51.7%) to 944,034 votes (46.1%) for Republican Blake Masters.
Maricopa County officials said there are about 290,000 mail ballots that were dropped off at vote centers on Election Day that have not yet been counted. . But Masters would have to get an overwhelming majority of these votes to have any chance of catching Kelly.
In Nevada, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto now trails Republican Adam Laxalt by about 8,000 votes after more results were released from Clark (Las Vegas-area) and Washoe (Reno area) counties.
With 90% of the vote counted, Republican Adam Laxalt had 449,108 votes (48.9%), while Cortez Masto had 441,054 votes (48%). There are still tens of thousands of uncounted mail ballots in Clark and Washoe counties.
If the Democrats win both the Arizona and Nevada Senate races, they would have 50 seats — the same number they hold now, with Vice President Kamala Harris able to cast tie-breaking votes.
If that’s the case, then the Dec. 6 Georgia runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker would have no impact on control of the Senate. If Warnock wins the Democrats would have a 51-49 seat margin in the Senate, which would lessen the influence of Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
If Democrats lose either race, then the Georgia runoff would determine control of the Senate.
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