Maricopa County Judge Bruce Cohen had emailed colleagues, urging them to speak out against attacks on Kamala Harris’s race or gender. A defendant accused him of bias.

Ruben Gallego is on course to become Arizona's first Latino U.S. senator. Congress returns to work on Tuesday against the backdrop of President-elect Donald Trump's transition to a second term. Forecasters are warning that there is a high risk of a New Jersey wildfire continuing to spread further Tuesday amid strong winds and low humidity levels.

Republicans flipped Democratic-controlled Senate seats in West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Montana. In the latter three cases, defeated Sens. Sherrod Brown, Bob Casey and Jon Tester also ran ahead of Harris but couldn’t overcome their states’ shifts toward the GOP.

The Democratic congressman had led Ms. Lake, a former television anchor and bombastic Trump ally, in most polls.

Kari Lake, a staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump, has been defeated, according to the Associate Press.

Arizona's 1st Congressional District was one of the tightest House races in the country in 2022, and was expected to be another close race in 2024.

Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego will win a closely watched US Senate seat in Arizona, CNN projects, defeating Republican Kari Lake to become the state’s first Latino senator.

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined an emergency request to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots.