How Trumpian candidate Kari Lake lost Arizona governor race

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Kari Lake, perhaps the most Trumpian candidate running for office this year, narrowly lost her bid for Arizona governor to Democrat Katie Hobbs.

  • Exit polls underscore that she lost by failing to focus on the concerns of college-educated white suburbanites — even as the GOP made inroads with the state’s Hispanic voters.

By the numbers: Hobbs won 55% of white college-educated voters, according to the AP/NORC exit poll, a strong showing that’s even better than Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s impressive 51% performance with the demographic in 2018.

  • But among Hispanic voters, Lake made clear gains. Hobbs won Latino voters by 15 points (57% to 42%), a significant drop from Sinema’s 38-point margin of victory with Hispanics in 2018.

Independents backed Hobbs over Lake by 30 points, 64% to 34%. Hobbs even won 11% of Republicans.

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