4 00 in the morning we can tell you joe biden is overperforming from where Hillary Clinton was 81 of that vote in but still 20 of maricopa is out. One of the reasons why we cant project the state just yet. One of the stronghold, pima, tucson, 6038, overperforming there. The trend so far and its been holding for the last two to three hours, you would know better than me, democrats are in a good position in arizona but its just with 20 out you just cant project it yet. Whit johnson, the vote is just trickling in, that remaining vote. Reporter were getting more clarity on the outstanding ballots that exist. We just talked to Maricopa County officials again and we keep going back to them because as we mentioned Maricopa County makes up at least 60 of the vote here in arizona. Within the next ten minutes but talking to my producer, it still hasnt come up they were trying to do the final dump of results and this is the inperson votes from today. They were counting those throughout the night
Good evening and welcome to this election 2020 debate between senate candidates, republican senator Martha Mcnally and democratic challenger mark kelly, the only live debate between the two candidates, joint effort brought to you by the arizona Citizens Election Commission and media organizations from across the state. I am ted simons, host and managing editor a is on a horizon in joining me tonight, political reporter sanchez with Arizona Republican the lorraine rivera, host of arizona 360 on k you atm steve goldstein, host of the show on k jj the radio. We are broadcasting live from the studios at arizona pds and asus Walter Cronkite school of journalism in downtown phoenix. Tonights debate is live streamed to the website including a see central. Com, k g the z, ac pbs. Org and a cbm. Org. Journalists from the four participating media outlets. Questions from the public as solicited by Citizens Elections Commission are also included. Ground rules for the debate, once we ask a question
Ev up the ante here and the octane, for the president of the United States and the guy who wants to be president of the United States, and the respected runningmate, it is no less than a Campaign Blitz that has the president alone talking 14 rallies in seven states, and the former Vice President , a chance to campaign with his old boss, barack obama in michigan today. Lets get the latest whats at stake and who is placing their stakes, Kristin Fisher now in newtown, pennsylvania increasingly the battleground state in the country. Hey, kristin. Reporter hey, neil, well one of the few things President Trump and joe biden can agree on is the importance of pennsylvania in this race, as you said, both candidates really going allout here in the final three days before election day. Youve got joe biden hes going to be here tomorrow and on monday, President Trump is also going to be back here on monday, but he has four stops in pennsylvania today. This is the first one and were at a farm about
you and who? raise your hand if you think not just trump but martha mcsally is going to be returning triumphantly to washington because whatever the guy from cyber ninjas is going to say? raise your hand. now, i can see all of you through the tv screen because i am q and as q i have the power to see backwards through cameras, so i can see a few of you have your hands up right now. very few of you actually think trump and marsha mcsally will be reinstated by this process of pro-trump republicans trashing voting equipment and spewing conspiracy theories. i can see you don t believe it many of you. but enough diehard trump supporters do believe it to make this a very lucrative gig. the arizona republic reports
focused on that last bunch of voters. let s take a look at the real clear politics average of polls and you can see the democrat, kirsten has a sliver of a lead over marsha mcsally. sinema has policies and supported the president in some instances. but it s about every last vote. people who have not turned in their early ballot or plan to vote on election day and our message is the same. i ll be a voice for everyday arizonians in the senate and i m working hard for every vote. the only vote that matters is on election night. and i want to get to every last voter out there, sitting on the sidelines and enthusiasm and making sure we get across the