The Senate race in Arizona remains undecided three days after Election Day, and it could be weeks before the race is called.
The candidates have remained within a few percentage points of each other. As of Friday afternoon, Rep. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat, was ahead in the race to replace Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an independent who is not seeking reelection, with 49.7% of the vote. Republican Kari Lake is right behind him, with 48.2%.
So far, approximately 2.7 million ballots, or 78% of the estimated vote, have been counted.
According to the Arizona secretary of state’s website , an estimated 758,409 ballots are still uncounted, a majority of these ballots, about 450,000, from Maricopa County.
In the three days since Election Day, Lake has led at times, as has Gallego, but it may be weeks before the winner emerges.
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Elections officials are also “curing” ballots during this time. That’s when a county allows voters to verify their ID should there be any problems with their ballot.