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Former President Donald Trump has alleged voter fraud in Arizona’s Senate race and demanded a do-over after The Associated Press and other media outlets called the race against his endorsed candidate, Republican Blake Masters, while handing incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) a projected win.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that “possibly corrupt” officials had “lost control of the tainted Election in Arizona” after the race was called for Kelly.
“This is a scam and voter fraud, no different than stuffing the ballot boxes. They stole the Electron [sic] from Blake Masters. Do Election over again!” Trump wrote on the platform.
He did not provide detailed evidence for his claims but pointed to problems with counting votes in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous.
Kelly has claimed victory while Masters has not conceded, with the Republican saying in a statement late Friday that there are “hundreds of thousands” of pro-Republican ballots left to count and that “we will overtake them and win.”Snags in Maricopa County
Kelly remained ahead of Masters by over 100,000 votes for most of Friday afternoon as mail-in ballots continued to be counted in Maricopa County, where there were Election Day problems tabulating votes.
Officials later said the problems were addressed within hours and everyone was able to vote.
Maricopa Board of Supervisors Chair Bill Gates said at the time that “No one is being disenfranchised … and none of this indicates any fraud.”
A coalition of Republicans sued to extend polling hours in Maricopa, but a judge rejected their motion, saying there was no evidence any voter was prevented from casting their vote due to the snag.
Trump said in his statement that, due to the problems in Maricopa County, “people were forced to wait for hours, then got exhausted or had other things to do and left the voting lines by the thousands.”
While Gates acknowledged some Election Day issues with vote processing, he insisted in a Nov.
