Democrats lead Arizona midterms with over 600,000 ballots yet to be counted

Democrats are ahead in Arizona's midterm elections, but more than 600,000 ballots have yet to be counted as of Thursday morning, still giving Trump-endorsed Republicans a chance to win.

The attorney general's race is the tightest, as Republican Abraham Hamadeh is about 4,200 votes behind Democrat Kris Mayes, the state's unofficial results show. The Trump-endorsed GOP nominee is at 49.9% to Mayes' 50.1% with 69% of ballots counted, according to The Associated Press. 

The governor's race is also close, with Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs leading Republican Kari Lake by about 13,000 votes at 50.3% to 49.7%. 

Democrat Adrian Fontes is ahead of Republican Mark Finchem in the secretary of state's race by nearly 90,000 votes, putting the two at 52.4% to 47.6%.

Republican Blake Masters has the largest gap to overcome of more than 95,000 votes as incumbent Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly is at 51.4% to his 46.4%.

The Republican nominees are ahead in Arizona's treasurer election and in the race for superintendent of public instruction, who oversees the state's Education Department. 

Arizona GOP Rep. Andy Biggs on Wednesday told Just the News that there is still a path forward for Republicans in the state. He specifically said he thinks that Lake will be ahead by the end of Thursday "for sure."

Arizona said it still has just over 619,000 ballots to count, including roughly 400,000 from Maricopa County, which began a hand-count audit on Thursday.