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Kyrsten Sinema's (D) representative took the lead in Arizona's tight Senate race on Thursday night, holding a slight lead of 9,610 against Rep. Martha McSally
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Sinema holds a 0.5 point lead with votes, mainly from Maricopa County, according to new figures published on the Arizona State Secretary's website. Votes were also published in Pinal and Gila Counties, as well as in Pima County, a democratically minded county that is home to the city of Tucson.
The count marks a change from McSally's initial 1-point lead on Thursday, when the GOP MP won 17,073 votes.
An Arizona source told The Hill that the latest figures came from about 150,000 Maricopa County votes, with another 345,000 outstanding votes from that county, which includes the Phoenix capital, as well as from the Sinema Congress District.
A total of about 500,000 votes remains unenumerated across the state.
The Maricopa County tape recorder announced that the next update would be released Friday at 5 pm local hour.
Sinema and McSally are battling one of the fiercest battles in the Senate of this cycle in the race to replace Sen who is retiring. Jeff Flake
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Arizona was one of the few states in this cycle where Democrats had the opportunity to change seats in their bitter struggle for the Senate majority. While it was still a red state, Trump won Arizona less than 5 points in 2016, a margin closer than previous GOP presidential candidates. And the Democrats have not won Senate seats in Arizona since 1988.
Prior to the release of the first outstanding vote group, the Sinema campaign issued a statement expressing confidence in its future prospects when all remaining ballots were counted.
"Arizona must have confidence in the counting of their votes and we are working diligently to ensure the count is fair, transparent and timely, which voters can trust," said Sinema Campaign Director Andrew Piatt, adding ll will be elected after the count of the remaining votes.
McSally's campaign projected similar confidence in a Thursday night statement.
"With more than half a million votes counting, we remain confident in the election of Martha McSally, next Arizona Senator," said Jim Bognet, general manager of the McSally campaign .
Arizona is not the only race in the Senate to be called. In Florida, Sen. Bill Nelson
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And the special senatorial elections in Mississippi are heading for a second round on November 27, with neither Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) Nor the former Dry Agriculture. Mike Espy (D) managed to clear the 50% threshold needed to avoid one. Hyde-Smith is highly favored to win the second round in the ruby state.
Apart from exceptional races, Republicans will retain their majority in the Senate after toppling their seats in Missouri, Indiana and North Dakota. But depending on the outcome of these races, Republicans could still govern with a small majority.
The Senate currently has 51 seats for Republicans and 46 for Democrats.
-Updated at 8:47 pm
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