PHOENIX — A close race appears to be playing out for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, with Kari Lake pulling ahead of Karrin Taylor Robson in results as of Wednesday morning.
Early returns showed the former member of the state Board of Regents, who spent $18 million in the campaign — $15 million of her own cash — running slightly behind the former Fox affiliate news reader whose campaign spent about $3.5 million.
The initial numbers are based on the first counting of an estimated 986,000 people who voted early by mail statewide and whose ballots already were tabulated, about two thirds of those in Maricopa County.
