Congressman Ruben Gallego addressed supporters at an Election Night party at Democrat headquarters on Tuesday night, after incoming results seems to show he will defeat Republican candidate Kari Lake, and become the next U.S. senator from Arizona. 

Dem. Representative Ruben Gallego on stage now. He has an early lead for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat over Republican Kari Lake @12News pic.twitter.com/PIKFsmHrXl

— Erica Stapleton (@EricaReportsAll) November 6, 2024

.@RubenGallego doesn’t expect his race to be called tonight, but takes a victorious tone in his speech:

“I believe when all those ballots are counted…and all Arizonans voted are counted…a poor little boy, who slept on the floor, will be headed to the senate floor.”

— Elizabeth Campbell (@ECampbell360) November 6, 2024

At Hilton watch party. Ruben Gallego, talking about his service in Iraq and cleaning toilets at Harvard. No, really. He’s in all ways the Democratic McCain, who’s more a hero to Ds than Rs these days. ⁦@ZHBuchanan⁩ ⁦@phoenixnewtimes⁩ pic.twitter.com/9yjVHxycmh

— Stephen Lemons (@stephenlemons) November 6, 2024

Rep. Gallego currently leads former Phoenix newscaster Lake 54.0 percent to 44.4 percent (with about 33 percent of ballots counted), according to Decision Desk HQ:

DDHQ Race Update (est. 33% in): AZ US Senate

Ruben Gallego (D): 596,401
(54.0%)
Kari Lake (R): 489,800
(44.4%)

Follow more results here:https://t.co/5cheNCMr6Y

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 6, 2024

As I wrote earlier, Arizonans continued to vote during extended hours (until 9 p.m. MST) at nine polling places in Apache County, after a judge approved a filing by Navajo Nation officials over tech issues and printers malfunctioning there.

Read More: BREAKING: Apache County, Arizona Ordered to Keep Open Some Polling Places for 2 More Hours

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We'll keep you posted.