Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona’s first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority. Gallego’s victory continues a string of Democratic successes for the Senate in a state that was reliably Republican for those seats until Donald Trump was elected president in 2016.

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego will win a closely watched US Senate seat in Arizona, CNN projects, defeating Republican Kari Lake to become the state’s first Latino senator.

Gallego is making the jump to the Senate from the House, where he was first elected in 2014. Gallego was a strong fundraiser and ran ads focused on his personal story and military

David Schweikert has won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Arizona PHOENIX — Republican David Schweikert has won an eighth term in an affluent congressional district in the Phoenix area by fending off a challenge from a Democratic former state lawmaker.

Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) won reelection to represent Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Scottsdale and parts of Tempe and Phoenix. He won over former Democratic state Rep. Amish Shah with 52% of the vote to Shah’s 48%,

Arizona's 1st Congressional District was one of the tightest House races in the country in 2022, and was expected to be another close race in 2024.