problems. i think that s part of the calculus for the sinema camp, but running as an independent, you re essentially, you know, hitching your wagon to a slice of the electorate that bats below its weight and really already has some pretty conceived ideas about which way they lean in the first place. it throws the race into a muddle. nathan, senator sinema dismissed jake tapper s questions about the political impact of her decision as things only people in washington seem to care about. do you agree with that? well, anytime someone says it s not political it s absolutely political. i don t believe that the united states senators make decisions that aren t political. when you just look at the evolution of sinema, i m old enough to remember when she ran for congress and she and republicans were portraying her as a lefty progressive green-party candidate, you know, and now she s shifted all the way to where she is now. so i think that sinema is actually a smart politician. she s sort o
she extended her lead by 27,000 votes, her lead now 6,000 votes but nearly all of the almost 500,000 votes yet to be counted are here in maricopa. the sinema camp released a statement saying trends will continue in kirsten s direction and she will be arizona s next senator. martha mcsally. she s just as confident that the trend will change back in her direction. there s still 500,000 votes to count. nearly all are in maricopa. that s where legal drama is brewing. this were several ballots that the signatures department match. the republican party chairman accused the reporter, a democrat of destroying ed by mixing disputed in ballots in with the others.
pattern and control for the g.o.p. right now, we are waiting to hear from republican congresswoman martha mcsally. we understand that she is watching returns with her family. we have not heard yet, earlier in the evening, i spoke with a member of her staff who said they were feeling pretty good about tonight, especially as they were watching the returns come in and other races around the country here. there is a smaller crowd here at this point still waiting on these returns, but it was much a much bigger crowd here earlier today. in terms of the sinema camp, they are still very helpful. watching closely, we are all watching closely, two population centers here in arizona. they have yet to give their final word. maricopa county, which held the highest numbers of republicans in the state, and pima county, which is where tucson, arizona, is, a more liberal area. sinema is leading in both of those areas, which in talking to one political operative here, he says that could cause concern
focusing the president s birth right citizenship clause. this is a distraction from the issues that voters are concerned about right now, which as i hear from them every day on the campaign trail have focused exclusively on their concerns about protecting their access to healthcare. martha mcsally met with supporters with the help of donald trump jr. the message, vote. the only poll that matters is election night. i know the importance of making sure we get to every last voter on the sidelines, build the enthusiasm and make sure we get across the finish line. now, the sinema camp, the democrat, did get a very small boost yesterday when the green party candidate decided to drop out and endorse here. i can talk to you about the