Arizona update – race tightens but still a long way to go
The race in Arizona has tightened in the 24 hours since polls closed and there are still more than 400,000 votes to count.
Organisers say they expect to have counted 95-99% of the votes by Friday and they are still on course to do so.
The Democratic candidates in the Senate and governor races – Mark Kelly and Katie Hobbs – have extended their leads over their Republican opponents, thanks to a new batch of votes.
But there are still hundreds of thousands of votes still uncounted and their races remain too close to call.
Katie Hobbs is up against Rep. Kari Lake – the Trump-endorsed election denier.
It’s still too early to predict as the votes yet to be counted are what are known as “late early votes” – they’re the last of the early votes to have been delivered before polling day. They need to be signature-verified and barcode-checked before being counted, and that takes time.
