The suspense and prognosticating surrounding Arizona's too-close-to-call governor's race will continue Friday as Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs maintains a slim but growing lead over her Republican opponent Kari Lake.
Vote counting will continue for days, and officials in the state's largest county on Thursday revised their own estimate for how long it would take to finish. They're now saying they will work into next week to get final results.
But in the interim, with national eyes on Arizona where false claims of election fraud have endured since 2020, the candidates echoed familiar sentiments that dominated their time on the campaign trail.
Lake has used the counting period, which is normal in Arizona, to make national news appearances where she raised suspicion about the count and beat up on fellow Republican officials, whom she accused of purposefully slow-walking the results.
Meanwhile, Hobbs, the secretary of state, urged patience and expressed confidence in the system.
"Despite what my election-denying opponent is trying to spin, the pattern and cadence of incoming votes are exactly what we expected," Hobbs wrote on social media. "In fact, they mirror what our state has seen in recent elections. We must remain patient and let our election officials do their jobs."
Hobbs' 2018 race for the state's elections chief wasn't decided for 10 days after the election, as one example.
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