Republican Kari Lake has pulled closer to Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona’s U.S. Senate race.

With 78% of the vote counted early Friday morning, Decision Desk HQ showed Gallego with 49.8% of the vote and Lake with 48.1%, a difference of 1.7%. Green Party candidate Eduardo Quintana had 2.1%.

After Maricopa County, which includes 60% of the state’s voters, released more results Thursday night, Gallego was ahead by 43,698 votes, down from 2.5 percentage points and 52,578, Arizona Mirror reported.

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