Arizona poll finds Kelly leads Masters for Senate, Lake ahead in governor's race

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3686889-arizona-poll-finds-kelly-leads-masters-for-senate-lake-ahead-in-governors-race/

Democratic candidate Mark Kelly is leading in the race for Arizona’s Senate seat, while Republican nominee Kari Lake is ahead in the race for the governor’s mansion, according to a new poll released on Thursday.

The InsiderAdvantage-Fox 10 poll showed both Kelly and Lake leading their opponents by about 4 points, with less than four weeks left until the midterm elections.

Forty-six percent of registered Arizona voters said they supported Kelly in the Senate race, compared to the 42 percent who said they backed his Republican rival, Blake Masters. In the governor’s race, Lake led Democratic candidate Katie Hobbs, 49 percent to 46 percent.

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1. I know I am tired

but I am pretty sure that 49-46 = 3 not 4

[In It to Win It]

6. because they are using whole numbers and rounding

According to the new data, Republican Kari Lake is now leading the governor's race by about 4 points, with Lake polling at 49.3% and Hobbs at 45.6%.

[Raven123]

2. Any insight as to why the split?

[Demsrule86]

9. You have posted this repeatedly...she saw the shit show the primary debates became...and it

debates are meaningless in my view anyway. I still think Hobbs wins. She needs to go hard on Roe and how Lake wants to overthrow elections. And I have heard that is what she is doing.

[GuppyGal]

15. Ummmmmm no I haven't said one one about it. I haven't even been on this site in a couple of weeks

and if she wants to go hard on those issues a debate is another good spot to do it. Newsflash we have wacko liars running everywhere and she doesn't want to engage with the bullshit? We need candidates who can push back and do it effectively like Mayor Pete and Savvy Gavin.....not people who run away.

[JohnSJ]

18. I agree about about going hard on Roe, but I think she should have debated lake if for nothing else

to demonstrate just how unhinged she is

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. I wouldn't discount Hobbs.

Lake may be getting the political oxygen now, but lets see what the voters tell us in November.

[Celerity]

5. Hobbs needs to take that POS Lake head on. She is running a problematic campaign atm.

[Demsrule86]

11. That all comes from 'friends' of Hobbs and is really GOP bullshit.

They are not her friends.

[Celerity]

17. Not true at all. Today on Morning Joe, Jennifer Palmeri and all 7

others on the panel (all very much anti Lake) all said the exact same thing. Palmieri said Hobbs is making the same mistake they made in the Clinton campaign in 2016, just trying to hang on at the end.

The POS Lake is everywhere, dominating the narrative. Hobbs is not, she is ceding the field atm.

[tulipsandroses]

21. On another show, Jennifer Palmieri said she had been out in Arizona and attending Lake rallies

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She said what she came away with is Dems should be concerned. She talked about how captivating and mesmerizing Lake was to her audience. I think Jen was trying to point out that she was seeing the same thing in 2016 when she was on HRC’s campaign.
Hobbs should absolutely debate her. It might be in her favor. Most of us on DU follow politics religiously. A lot of folks don’t.

[iemanja]

13. Not debating doesn't help

Voters don't like that.

[Midwestern Democrat]

19. Agreed - a candidate can't take the stance that debating her opponent is "beneath her" when her

opponent is highly competitive in the polls (or in this case, actually LEADING in the polls).

[dalton99a]

20. That was a huge mistake

[edhopper]

7. Half the people in Arizona

are deluded imbeciles. That is all.
This woman is insane, dishonest and will destroy the State.
If Lake wins AZ will be given to the GOP in 2024. it is that simple.

[honest.abe]

8. Good for Kelly. WTF about Lake/Hobbs?

Arizona is a weird state. Reminds me of Florida.

[Elessar Zappa]

10. I think refusing to debate Lake hurt Hobbs.

It made her look scared, imo.

[honest.abe]

12. Yep.

I think a candidate should never refuse a debate.

[Funtatlaguy]

16. Lots of retirees and lots of heat. One dry, one wet.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

14. Lake is a freakin nut job !

bummer.

I like Kelly

[In It to Win It]

23. I get that she doesn't want to debate her

because she possibly doesn’t want to go into the rabbit hole of election denying and whatever other crazy shit that Lake says, but that may be her way out.

Put on display in a debate that Lake is batshit crazy.

[ColinC]

22. Who are these Kelly/ Lake voters??

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. K&R