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PHOENIX — A court unveiled the winners of the Arizona attorney general’s race and two other elections that were so close they triggered mandatory recounts.

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The highly anticipated results were among the last in the country to come out of November’s election and solidified another victory for Democrats who shunned election fraud conspiracies in what used to be a solidly Republican state.

In one of the tightest elections in state history, Democrat Kris Mayes was ahead of Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 511 votes out of 2.5 million before the recount began in the attorney general’s race.

The recount narrowed the lead for Mayes (1,254,809 votes) over Hamadeh (1,254,529 votes), a judge said Thursday.

ELECTION RECOUNT: Judge reads recount for AZ AG office:@krismayes 1,254,809@AbrahamHamadeh 1,254,529

Kris Mayes has received highest votes for Attorney General candidate, judge says.

— Nicole Grigg (@NicoleSGrigg) December 29, 2022

Hamadeh, who hasn’t conceded to Mayes, had filed a separate challenge of the results in his race, but a judge dismissed that case last week.

Hamadeh alleged problems with ballot printers in Maricopa County had led to a series of issues that disenfranchised voters and that his race was affected by improper handling of ballots that were duplicated or adjudicated by people because they could not be read by tabulators. In throwing out the...

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