PHOENIX — Although it took a week for Arizona’s U.S. Senate race to be called, it doesn’t meet the requirement for an automatic recount.
By the time The Associated Press called the contest in Ruben Gallego’s favor on Monday night, the Democrat’s lead over Republican Kari Lake was over 72,000 votes, a difference of 2.2 percentage points.
With about 3.2 million votes already counted in the race and the number of uncounted ballots dwindling statewide, the final margin won’t be much different.
It certainly won’t be anywhere near the threshold of 0.5 percentage points required to trigger a recount under Arizona election law.
The threshold used to be smaller, just 0.1 points, but then-Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill in 2022 to expand it.
The change made it more likely that recounts would be required. As a result, it left lawmakers scrambling earlier this year to change the election calendar so there would be enough time to …
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