Arizona Elects First Blue Triplet in 60 Years
Arizona Democrats secure governor’s office, state house, and senate for first time in 60 years after midterms.
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Arizona has turned blue, blue, blue after this year’s midterms, marking the first time in 60 years that Democrats have controlled the governor’s office, state house, and senate. Katie Hobbs, the Democratic governor, was declared the winner in the Arizona gubernatorial race against Trump-endorsed Republican challenger US Rep. Andy Biggs.
This comes after voting in Maricopa County was disrupted once again by machine and printer failures on Election Day when Republicans overwhelmingly flooded the polls compared to Democrats. Previously, Maricopa County also came under fire for a so-called error involving thousands of mail-in ballots being sent to voters before early voting even started and what appeared to be machine tampering by county election employees in the dead of night.
Decision Desk HQ projects Katie Hobbs wins the AZ Governor General Election
On Friday, the Arizona Democrats gained control of the state house and senate. This is the first time in 60 years that the Democrats in Arizona will have control over the Governor’s office, and the state house and senate. Democrats in Arizona won control of both legislative chambers and retained the governor’s office, giving the party its first trifecta in the state since 1966 as Democrats made major gains nationwide in this week’s elections and took control of both chambers of Congress.
In her first term, Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs had vetoed more than 540 measures passed by the Republican-led Legislature on policies including taxes, immigration and voting laws. Hobbs has said she’s looking to address water issues and affordability, and take on fraud and abuse in the state’s school voucher program.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
