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Monday, November 14, 2022
After media call close Arizona races for Dems, GOP candidates say count all votes first "I think it was called prematurely," state Rep. Mark Finchem said of his race for Arizona secretary of state, which was called late Friday night for his Democratic opponent.
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President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social: “It’s Mitch McConnell’s fault. Spending money to defeat great Republican candidates instead of backing Blake Masters and others was a big mistake. Giving 4 Trillion Dollars to the Radical Left for the Green New Deal, not Infrastructure, was an even bigger mistake. He blew the Midterms, and everyone despises him and his otherwise lovely wife, Coco Chow!” ***** President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social: “Idiot, and possibly corrupt, officials have lost control of the tainted Election in Arizona. MACHINES BROKEN IN REPUBLICAN AREAS. A NEW ELECTION MUST BE CALLED FOR IMMEDIATELY! “ ***** President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social: “Now they’re finding all sorts of Ballots in Clark County, Nevada. They are pulling out all stops to steal the Election from Adam Laxalt. Mitch McConnell, the Republicans Broken Down Senate Leader, does nothing about this. He’s too busy spending vast amounts of money on bad Senator Lisa M of Alaska, when Kelly S is FAR better. Should have fought and stopped the steal in 2020. Gave Dems 4 Trillion Dollars, never used Debt Ceiling. He’s the WORST!” ***** President Donald J. Trump on Truth Social: “So in Maricopa County they’re at it again. Voting Machines in large numbers didn’t work, but only in Republican districts. People were forced to wait for hours, then got exhausted or had other things to do and left the voting lines by the thou-
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By Natalia Mittelstadt After the races for Arizona's U.S. Senate seat and secretary of state were called for the Democrat candidates with more than 10% of the vote still uncounted, the GOP nominees' message is that voters, not the media, determine the outcome of elections. The U.S. Senate race in Arizona was called for Democratic incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly late Friday night by a snowballing succession of media organizations with Kelly enjoying a roughly five-point lead over Republican opponent Blake Masters and more than 80% of the estimated votes counted. The secretary of state race was also called late Friday night for the Democratic nominee, Adrian Fontes, who also has a roughly five-point lead over GOP candidate state Rep. Mark Finchem. Following the media projections of Democrat wins in the state, the Republican candidates called for all votes to be counted before the winners are announced. Finchem believes his race "was called prematurely," he told Just the News on Saturday. "No one contacted me about their call, and frankly the news does not make the call, the people do," said the candidate, who has not conceded the race. On Saturday, Finchem
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GOPHill leadership up in air, as Senate, House members hint McCarthy, McConnell no longersafe
ernor and attorney general The GOP's underperforming of expectations on had yet to be called as the Election Day Tuesday resulted in a blame game. Democrat and Republican candidates were less Raphael Warnock, now than 2 points apart. headed for a runoff election on Dec. 6. Methods used for calling By Joseph Weraces vary among media ber and Nicholas Ballasy "I don't know why Senorganizations' decision ate GOP would hold a desks. For example, the leadership vote for the What began as a sleepy The campaign of ArizoAssociated Press has a next Congress before this federal holiday in the na Republican gubernaelection is finished," nation's capital had by torial nominee Kari Lake "vote count reporter at nearly every county elec- midday Friday erupted Hawley wrote. "We have was reporting on Friday tion office in America on into a full-blown revolt a runoff in #GASenate _ that much of the state's Election Day." The reare they saying that against the Republican outstanding vote comporter will call an AP vote congressional leadership. doesn't matter? Don't prises Election Day baldisenfranchise lots, which they expect to entry clerk and report the skew heavily in favor of raw vote totals when they While nobody knew ex- @HerschelWalker." are made available. actly when such an upristhe GOP. Who controls the Senate ing would begin, it was AP has another group of nearly inevitable follow- is now down to three Masters tweeted a stateclerks that monitors elec- ing the GOP underperSenate races — in Georment on Saturday: "For forming expectations on gia, Arizona and Nevada. my people who knocked tion results displayed on doors in 115 degree heat, state and county websites. Election Day Tuesday. The ensuing blame game Models project the GOP and for the million+ Ari- The wire service "also takes in feeds of results will win the House maeventually targeted Senzonans who put their jority, with most showing faith in me, we are going directly from election of- ate Minority Leader ficials where they are pro- Mitch McConnell and as of Friday night the to make sure that every vided." party having 211 seats House Minority Leader legal vote is counted. If, and needing 218. Kevin McCarthy. at the end, Senator Kelly AP says it has multiple has more of them than I checks in place so that the At midday Friday, Flori- Signs of problems for do, then I will congratuda GOP Sen. Marco Ru- McCarthy began to show late him on a hard-fought vote total numbers are viewed "from every pos- bio, empowered by a even before Tuesday's victory. But voters desible angle in search of decisive reelection victo- balloting, in which many cide, not the media; let's discrepancies or apparent ry in the state where the expected Republicans to count the votes." inconsistencies." retake the House in large GOP had its best midnumbers on a "red term performance, postOn Saturday, Lake's When calling races, AP wave." ed an unexpected tweet campaign Twitter account posted: "We're not says it does so when there in which he called for News reports retold the in the business of spread- is no possibility for candi- next week's leadership story of how the Califorvotes, customary after ing false hope. Our confi- dates that are trailing behind the leader to catch nia Republican lost his elections, to be postdence hasn't wavered & up. In some cases, AP will poned over what he apbid for the speakership in we haven't moved an call races as soon as polls peared to consider a cri2015 because he wouldinch since election day. close. The news wire ex- sis of conscience. n't cave to the demands @KariLake will be the of members of the chamnext Governor of Arizo- plains that this occurs when races aren't close. ber's most conservative "First we need to make na." sure that those who want wing and suggested he'd "In some states, a party or to lead us are genuinely changed his strategy The Twitter account recandidate's history of con- committed to fighting for since then to avoid antweeted a post on Satursistent and convincing the priorities & values of other defeat. day from Turning Point wins — by a wide margin the working Americans USA COO Tyler Bow— make a race eligible to (of every background) McCarthy's victory yer about the number of be declared as soon as speech Tuesday night in who gave us big wins in uncounted votes left in a Washington, D.C., hoMaricopa County, which polls close," according to states like Florida," he the outlet. "In these states, tweeted. tel was far more subdued Bowyer said "spell out than planned — and KARIZONA," implying we use results from AP VoteCast to confirm a much later than schedThe tweet was almost a win for Lake. candidate has won." uled — with no red wave immediately backed by and him promising those Missouri Republican As of Saturday evening, AP's "race callers and Sen. Josh Hawley, who's who stuck around until less than 90% of the about 2 a.m. that by votes were tabulated, and Decision Team are driven considered more out(Continued on page 16) spoken about Wednesday morning the the state's races for govGOP would have the McConnell, the longestmajority. serving Senate Republican leader in history, and But by Thursday night, his leadership team. the tanned, silver-haired McCarthy seemed to "Exactly right," Hawley have regrouped, going on tweeted, citing the stillthe Fox News Channel's undecided Georgia Senate race between Repub- "Jesse Watters Primetime" show to tout his lican Herschel Walker (Continued on page 16) and Democratic Sen. tweeted: "It is completely ridiculous that the #FakeNews is calling the elections in Arizona when there are 390k (many election day) ballots outstanding. RIDICULOUS! #AZSOS"
