By Moira Warburton
(Reuters) – Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego has won Arizona’s U.S. Senate election, Edison Research predicted late on Monday, keeping the seat currently occupied by retiring Senator Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent of his party.
Gallego, 44, is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran who has represented a Phoenix district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015 before challenging hardline Republican Kari Lake for the Senate seat in a key swing state.
Gallego ran on a platform that focused on gun control and immigration, both hot topics in the border state.
Lake, a former journalist, has been a strong supporter of Donald Trump’s false claims that his 2020 defeat was the result of widespread fraud. She made an unsuccessful run for Arizona governor in 2022.
(Reporting by Moira Warburton; Editing by Scott Malone, Daniel Wallis and Kim Coghill)
