Democrats hold small but shrinking lead in key Arizona races | AP News

PHOENIX (AP) Arizona Democrats maintained small but dwindling leads over their Republican rivals in the races for U.S. Senate and governor, contests that could determine control of the Senate and the rules for the 2024 election in a crucial battleground state.

The races remained too early to call two days after the election, with some 600,000 ballots left to count, about a quarter of the total cast.

Protracted vote counts have for years been a staple of elections in Arizona, where the overwhelming majority of votes are cast by mail and many people wait until the last minute to return them. But as Arizona has morphed from a GOP stronghold to a competitive battleground, the delays have increasingly become a source of national anxiety for partisans on both sides.

via apnews.com

Fortunately, we at the RC can rely on our reporter on the ground, who hails from Rattlesnake Gulch, AZ, rather than just whatever bubbles up the perfervid mind of the blogger. Big Jack, our reporter, is a part time hot-shot firefighter, lumberjack, bartender, and avid bowhunter. We will be touching base with him from time to time. We will be calling on him from time to time as this story develops. So far, however, he has only been able to say “Bullsh*t” in response to our inquiries. More to come, we hope.