Votes still being counted in Arizona midterm election

Thank you for joining us. It's the day after the midterm elections and Democrats are riding a wave of victories across the country. That momentum is showing up right here in Arizona with some key wins in some of our state's biggest race. So let's start at the top of the ticket. Governor Katie Hobbs declared the winner overnight with a sizable lead over her Republican challenger, Congressman Andy Biggs. Also declared the winner overnight, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, given a second term in office over his Republican challenger. In the battleground First Congressional District, which was closely watched nationally, Democrat Dr. Amishah continues to expand his lead this afternoon over Republican former NFL kicker Jay Feeley. The seat has been held by Republican David Schweikert for over 15 years. Shaw lost the race two years ago by a narrow margin. He now leads this race by a wide margin against Feely. Some other big house races getting a lot of attention in District 2. Jonathan Nez with the lead over Eli Crane. And Congressman Greg Stanton heading back to Washington. The Democrat has won a fifth term representing Arizona's 4th Congressional District, defeating Republican Zutty Jasser. He spoke with Stanton live on AZAM about his victory and what Democrats hope to accomplish next in Congress. The American people want us to negotiate. We're going to be tough in these negotiations. The American people have overwhelmingly supported us to lead in the House and the Senate, but the president still controls the other branch of government for at least the next two years. And so we are going to have to sit at the table and negotiate with him. District 5, former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb with the lead over Elizabeth Lee. And District 6, Joanna Mendoza with a growing lead over Juan Siscomani. Two of the top vote-getters in Tuesday's election are the candidates for Arizona Mine Inspector. Yeah, so the Democratic nominee maintains his lead over the Republican incumbent. Now, according to unofficial results, Brian Matlock, seen there on the left of your screen, has 1.9 million votes compared to his generation. GOP challenger, Les Presmic. He's on the right with more than 984,000 votes. Now, there are more than 400 active mines here in our state, and the current mine inspector estimates there are another 90,000 abandoned mines out in the desert. Inspectors work to ensure the safety of the tens of thousands of mining employees and the public. Now, we spoke to Matlock on Tuesday afternoon. He says the job of mine inspector isn't really a partisan position. When you talk about hazards and the things that the mine inspectors are responsible for, that's pretty much nonpartisan, right? Any hole in the ground, a Democrat, a Republican, an independent, a dog or horse, anything can fall into it. So that kind of sets it apart by itself. And so this isn't really a policy making job. So I think that's one of the things that keeps the partisan role out of it. So Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs appointed Prez make to the role in September of last year after the previous inspector resigned. Now if Matlock wins the race, he'll be. It'll be the first Democrat elected Arizona mine inspector. in 50 years. We're staying on top of more election results right here in Arizona. All right so let's take a look at the current numbers for the superintendent of public instruction. Democrat Teresa Leyva Ruiz in the lead over Republican Kimberly Yee. And state treasurer Nick Mansoor is beating Elijah Norton. And Arizona Corporation Commission here's at the top who is at the top right now that includes two Democrats Clara Pratt and Jonathan Hill.