Midterm election: Democrat wins Arizona governor race

Brussels, Nov 15: Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs defeated Republican Kari Lake in the Arizona gubernatorial election, according to results released late Monday.

Hobbs is Arizona's secretary of state and will now succeed Republican governor Doug Ducey to become the first Democrat to be elected governor in the state since 2006.

The race in the state was considered to be one of the most significant owing to its status as a so-called battleground state.

Former news anchor Lake, made headlines for her views on the 2020 presidential election, which she falsely said was rigged against Donald Trump.

Hobbs strongly defended the legitimacy of the last election and cautioned that the vote was "a choice between sanity or chaos."

Before embarking on a career in politics, Hobbs had worked as a social worker with homeless youth. She would go on to be elected in the Arizona State Legislature in 2010, serving a term in the House and three terms in the Senate.

Source: DW