Arizona Vote Counting Slows Down, ‘Lion’s Share’ Expected Done by Next Week

L-R top, Arizona gubernatorial candidates Katie Hobbs and Kari Lake; L-R bottom, Arizona U.S. Senate candidates Sen. Mark Kelly and Blake Masters. Christian Petersen, Justin Sullivan, Kevin Dietsch, Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Senate and gubernatorial races in Arizona still await conclusive results as hundreds of thousands of ballots await processing and tabulation. The process, which is notoriously slow, is made all the more frustrating by a lack of updates. Officials blame time-consuming ballot processing requirements.

“I think we'll see the lion’s share here wrap up by early next week,” Bill Gates, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, said in a CNN interview on Nov. 10.