taylor robson with the advantage over lake. let'san see by the way those otr statewide races we have been talking about with samera early votes counted up. okay. here in the senate race, blake masters jumps out -- this is the trump-endorsed candidate in the senate race. hedi jumps out to an early lead here. it's five points over jim lamon tried to run as just a trum pi candidate as masters. he just didn't get the trump endorsement in this race. the attorney general who earned trump's ire during the 2020 election running in third place right ihere. we could also just take a quick look. the secretary of state's race. this one has attracted a lot of attention. finchem, the trump-endorsed candidate leading early in the race. the question had been finchem -- it is finchem, masters and kari lake, do they all win their primaries here. noticeable -- notable, i believe, the difference here. kari lake running about nine points behind taylor robson as this big early batch of votes gets counted up. kari lake behind where as masters is clos

taylor robson with the advantage over like. let me see by the way those other statewide races that we have been talking about. same early votes counted up. okay, here in the senate race, blake masters jumps out, the trump endorsed candidate in the senate race. he jumps out to an early lead here. it's five points over jim layman, who has really run as, try to run as just a trump candidate as masters. he just didn't get the trump endorsement in this race. brnovich, the attorney general, who earned trump's ire during the 2020 election running in third place right here. we can also take a look quick look at secretary of state race. this is attracted a lot of attention. then jim, trump endorsed candidate here, leading in this race. again, question has been, finchem it is, finchem, masters, and carry like, do they all win their primaries here? noticeable, notable i believe, the difference, here carey lake running about nine points behind taylor robeson as this big early batch of votes get counted up. can't be like running behind wher

44 votes separating taylor robson and lake.s we were saying we're not gonna get a ton of these votes today. more of them are coming in tomorrow. anyone who's submitted mail votes they are not getting counted today. this race is tighter than it was expected to be. vaughn hillyard thank you for that. and not to be outdone, the arizona republican blame masters has been sure a maga message in his own campaign ads. >> psychopaths are running the country right now. you've got a biden, pelosi, chuck schumer, mark kelly. this is an invasion. we know what to do. we need to finish trump's wall. we need five times more border patrol, and we need technology to lock this border down. if we don't do these things right now, we're not gonna have a country. >> and i just want to point out to you we have the same situation. this is the senate republican nomination. only 25% of the voters in right now. masters is winning but he's ahead by 111 votes. same situation across arizona. let's go to nbc senior national political reporter is at blake mast

44 votes separating taylor robson a lake.saying we're not gonna get a ton of these votes today. more of them are coming in tomorrow. anyone who's submitted mail votes they are not getting counted today. this race is tighter than it was expected to be. vaughn hillyard thank you for that. and not to be outdone, the republican -- he's been sureties a maga message in his own campaign ads. >> >> psychopath are running the psychopaths are running the country right now. country right now. you've got you've got a biden, biden, pelosi, pelosi, chuck schumer, chuck schumer, mark mark kelly. kelly. this is this is an an invasion. invasion. we know we know what to do. what to do. we need to we finish trump's need to finish wall. we trump's wall. need five times more we need five times border control. more border and we patrol, and we need need technology to technology to lock walk this border this border down. down. if we don't if we don't do these do these things right now things right now,. we are not gonna have we're not gonna have a

it put taylor robson ahead of lake by about ten points. the sequence in arizona is a three phase process for reporting out the vote. that big batch last night were all the early votes that arrived at election offices by monday. that's always what gets reported out first. we expected that would be the best vote for taylor robson. this was a trend we saw in arizona in 2020 and it's a trend we see in every other state really, same day election day voters are very, very trump friendly. so the trump aligned candidate in this race absolutely cleaned up in that same day election vote. in those overnight hours, lake moved ahead of robson. the third phase of the vote count in arizona is what we're going to find out about today. that is ballots dropped off at polling places yesterday. those still have to get processed. they have to get verified. we find out today how many of those there are and hopefully we start to get some results of that as well. the past trend when you look at that type of vote, that has been a much more friendly type of vote. l

lake's opponent, real estate developer karen taylor robson, has the endorsement of former vice presidentbut she edged when i asked her this -- >> do you think the election was legitimate? >> i believe the wrong guy is in the white house. i believe my opponent and media is obsessed with 2020. i'm obsessed with 2022 and 2024. >> reporter: trump's endorsement paired with trump's fiery rhetoric -- >> when mama goes maga, it is game over. >> reporter: appealing to many voters. >> all of my morals, they align with kari. i think she's very brave. i think she's also very loud and she's also a fighter. i don't feel the opponent is. at all. that's why i'm here. >> governor doug doocy -- >> reporter: for decades, lake worked at the fox affiliate station in phoenix before quitting journalism, a move some of her supporters find admirable. >> doing the news every night for a decade more, you know what the problems are in your valley and your area, and you can deal with that now. she's a humble candidate. >> reporter: other voters were hoping to move on from the chaos that has engulfed the state since

mike pence, former vp to boost taylor robson.sting tonight based on the last polling we saw. and then we've been talking, never before have i been at this board during primary season showing folks secretary of state primaries across the country. but not for the first time and not for last time. here we are showing you a republican primary for secretary of state. you have a trump endorsed candidate here. mark finchem, not a lot polling, but certainly formidable here. and what woof been talking about, the potential that arizona is say swing state. arizona is one of the most crucial states on the senate battleground map in terms of determining which parties is going to end up in control of the senate after this election. joe biden won arizona in 2020. but his margin was less than 10,000 votes. on paper, a state that biden won that barely in a midterm climate like this should be very, very ripe for republicans to win in the midterm year. they are going to potentially, potentially, if they nominate these trump aligned candidates, fiel

it was vice president mike pence backing karen taylor robson. she is backed by the establishment, by governor doug doocy. contrast that with the trump backed, lie embracing, kerry lake. she has fully embraced donald trump's 2020 election lie, has made it a centerpiece of her campaign. this campaign says that choice was very clear, two different styles of governing, two different styles of campaigning, they believe how republicans decide where they want their party to go tonight will tell us the power of donald trump in this critical battleground state. don? >> kyung, there's a full slate of election deniers on arizona 's ballot, including one in the senate race. more about that, what is going on there? >> up and down, the ballot. let's first address that, don. not only in governor, but in the u.s. senate race, as well as attorney generals, secretary state, and further on down. donald trump, certainly, he made his wishes and endorsement known in the state of arizona. blake masters is his choice for u.s. senate, it is a crowded field. it's a much

but trump-endorsed candidate kari lake is claiming victory over opponent karen taylor robson, who was governor. whoever does win will go up against democrat katie honest. >>> the nfl says it will appeal deshaun watson's six-game suspension over sexual allegations. the league says it wants a harrer penalty. for more news, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. the league says it wants a year. i'm matt pieper, cbs news, new york. >>> a decisive win for abortion rights in kansas. voters turn out in record numbers. president biden calls the results a powerful signal. what it means for november's midterms. >>> election results from around the country are in. former president trump keeps his hold on the gop as election deniers win in several states. >>> deadly crash. republican congresswoman and two of her staff members killed in a head-on collision in indiana. we'll have the latest details. >>> kentucky's flooding disaster. waters begin to recede, as we get a closer look at hard-to-reach areas and the devastation left behind. >>> severe weather. thunderstorms moving

both women vote abortion bans, although taylor robson says she votes exceptions for rape and incest, lake says she wants to ban abortion pills. meanwhile, in the arizona senate race, the republicans have nominated this man, blake masters, trump supported. he not only supports a nationwide abortion ban but used to boast on his website that state should be able to ban contraception. he has since removed a particular item from his website probably because if abortion restrictions are as an unpopular as they are even red state kansas you can just imagine how they would be on contraception. in fact we have some brand-new polling data out of arizona that suggests the kind of impact the republicans and the extreme abortion politics could have on races well beyond kansas. this is done by the activist group invisible working with ugov when they asked arizona voters, would you rather vote for a democrat or republican for congress. that's the so-called generic ballot crunches. arizona's chose republicans by a five point margin. but when the pollsters presented pollster voters with too had the f

karrin taylor robson is endorsed by pence. so you have the trump establishment, but arizona could, by the end of the night, nominate a full slate of statewide candidates who backed the big lie. again, we need competitive political parties in this country. this is not an anti-republican statement, but the cancer of the big lie in the republican party is on the ballot tonight. will the republican party finally say enough? or will it in a critical battleground state this year for senate and governor obviously in the next presidential election and every presidential the next four or five arizona will be key battleground state. do republicans say enough or do they say the big lie, deniers? we will nominate them. >> a lot to watch for. we'll come back to you shortly, john. i want to drill down on arizona. do you have a sense of how much of an impact the former president's influence is expected to be in arizona tonight, particularly in the primaries for governor and secretary of state? >> reporter: absolutely. certainly it's no secre

to let you hear her answer when i asked her whether she needed the likes of doug ducey, karrin taylor robson, who she was running against and took some very personal shots at. >> i want to bring the republican party together. i mentioned that earlier. we're one big happy, sometimes dysfunctional family, but we can come together. as i said, i'm from a big family so i understand that you don't always get along on every issue. but i want to bring people together. and i think we have a great moment here. >> reporter: lindsey, many republicans on the side that are not kari lake have described to me over the last 48 hours that this was anything but dysfunctional. there were a lot of expletives used to describe the way kari lake and others within this republican party came in guns ablazing to take down what lake called the john mccain apparatus of this republican party. those candidates, if kari lake pulls this off, had a clean sweep here. it's important to note, kari lake in that press conference, she didn't moderate her message. she continues to claim there's fraud and irregularities in this prim

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former tv news anchor who was endorsed by former president trump defeated businesswoman karrin taylor robson. lake will now face democratic secretary of state katie hobbs in november. >>> the biden administration has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. there are more than 7,100 cases across the nation, the most in the world. the government will devote more funding and resources to fight the virus. some health clinics do not have enough vaccine doses to go around. michael george is in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. health experts say we have to accelerate the vaccination effort, and the white house says this emergency declaration will help do that. while monkeypox is primarily impacted men who have sex with men, the virus does not discriminate. it can infect anyone. for weeks san francisco lawyer stephan ferris has been carefully applying ointment to his skin in the hopes of easing some of the pain. >> the sores that hurt were the ones on my hands or genitals. >> reporter: thursday the biden administration declared monkeypox a public health

karrin taylor robson who was endorsed by former vice president pence is in a dead heat with kari lake who is endorsed by former president trump. the winner will face democrat katie hobbs in november. in michigan, governor gretchen whitmer who ran unopposed in the democratic primary will defend her seat against tudor dixon who won the republican nomination. and in missouri, attorney general eric schmitt won the gop nomination for senate over 20 other candidates. he will face democrat trudy busch valentine, an heiress of the anheuser-busch beer fortune. >>> president biden says he's looking forward to signing a measure expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic military burn pits. the senate passed the bill overwhelmingly last night after it was held up by republican opposition last week. comedian and advocate jon stewart praised veterans who fought for the measure. >> i'm not sure i've ever seen a situation where people who have already given so much had to fiht so hard to get so little. >> the legislation will expand benefits for more than three million veterans. >>>

. >> reporter: her opponent karin taylor robson hasn't conceded and also won't say whether president won in 2020. >> i one thing i know for certain is the wrong guy is in the white house. >> reporter: trump backed election deniers. like the g.o.p. choice for senate, like blake masters did well across arizona tuesday night. in the fight to oversee state elections as secretary of state, republicans chose mark finchem, who was in washington january 6 and said he wouldn't have certified the 2020 results. >> when you steal something, that's not really a win. that's a fraud. >> reporter: elections experts are worried these types of candidates could be victorious in november. >> these election deniers in offices that oversee elections, or have some responsibility for the democratic process in those states could work substantially to try to undermine that process and create chaos and confusion. >> reporter: in michigan, former tv host tudor dixon won the g.o.p. nomination for governor. she also won't say if mr. biden won. >> we have to make sure our elections are secure, and what happened in

. >> reporter: but karin taylor robson, a business executive backed by pence, doesn't think so, arguinge. >> we must get back to a place where the republican party is about addition and multiplication. because on the current path that we're on, where we're just dividing, dividing, dividing, and fighting fighting fighting all the time. >> reporter: the former president's reference remains a big factor. >> i love trump and all of the people that he's endorsing. >> i wouldn't vote for anybody that he hasn't endorsed. >> reporter: 57% of republicans nationwide say they're more likely to vote for a candidate who gets a trump endorsement but our cbs news battleground backer also finds trump support makes registered voters overall lesslie like to vote for a candidate. in today's five contests, three incumbent house republicans who voted to apache him, faced primary challenges from trump-backed candidates who believe the 2020 election was stolen. in missouri's crowded primary,. he weighed in on monday night, announcing support for erick. but there's a problem. the former president didn't specif

that's the one between kari lake and karrin taylor robson.aturely declared victory in phoenix, despite her trailing at that time. and she continued to lay the groundwork for distrust in the results of the election. >> there is no path to victory for my opponent. and we won this race. we are going to win this, win or lose. >> overnight, lake took the lead over robson, but the race still categorized as too close to call. meanwhile, mark finchem, a state representative and election conspiracy theorist as well endorsed by donald trump is projected to win the nomination to oversee voting in secretary of state. and in the senate, blake masters funded by peter thiel is going to beat lamon and rusty bowers who you will remember testified during the january 6th hearing is projected to lose by a wide margin. let's go to steve. steve, too close for the governor's race to call. what's it look like where you're sitting? >> yeah. kari lake had overnight, the last four hours or so, kari lake got a lot of good news. if you remember from 2020, the way they do

lake's republican opponent, real estate developer karrin taylor robson, has the endorsement of trump's vice president mike pence. are you worried at all that if you one, she may not concede? >> well, she's already said she won't concede. she's already setting up a narrative that if i win, it will only be because of fraud. she's already attempting to undermine the vote before the votes are even counted. >> reporter: arizona is a revenge state for trump. he's endorsed candidates from the u.s. senate, all the way down to the state legislature, and even the secretary of state, who would oversee the next presidential election. trump's candidate? mark finchem, who acknowledged having ties to the oath keepers, and was in washington on january 6th. for voters like olivia foster, trump's influence remains strong. >> i think that there's more people supporting him now than before. >> reporter: but another republican voter, matt kenney, tells us he's exhausted. >> i can't just keep being dragged, like, through this over and over again, to keep saying, hey there was voter fraud, and then we say, o

. >> todd: kari lake narrowing defeating karrin taylor robson backed by mike pence.e this november. congressman lauren boebert says it is not a surprise that america first candidates are winning, here is why. >> i'm not surprised america first candidates are winning, they are putting america first and wanting to get our country back on track. it is not far right to want to do the same thing. it is okay to say it is wrong to mutilate our children, it is good to say that we need to lower inflation and not do so by spending another $800 billion. >> carley: speaking of democrats spending, issue for midterm voters and white house is lowering expectations for the jobs report due out today. >> we are on transition to steady growth and you will see instead of record high breaking number job numbers we've been seeing every month, we're expecting to be closer to 150,000 jobs per month. >> carley: dr. roberts, president of the heritage foundation is joining me. highlight of the economy, if the number comes two50,000, which i believe is expected, what would that say about the ec

doug duecy who backed other republican candidate karin taylor robson for republican.leadership in arizona. >> i can't believe this, my winner is nancy pelosi. fortifying the joe biden and going to taiwan. my loser is joe biden for urging her not to go which projected weakness on the world stage. >> kevin: got to be better with the messaging. juan, your winner and loser? >> joe biden. jobs numbers today is terrific. he's going to get that reconciliation bill passed this weekend. he got the chips bill, infrastructure bill, russian sanctions. this is moderate, slow and steady victories for joe. the loser, alex jones. i think karma strikes. his lawyer releasing texts that prove this man lied. lot of people think it's time for him to pay it to the piper. >> kevin: apparently on the hook for million. thank you. ♪♪ it's time for notable quotables. >> al qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri has been killed in afghanistan. >> for decades he was a master mind behind attacks against americans. >> there is a lot of people who are harmless now. if biden is listening, we need help. >> am

maricopa county now in phoenix you see taylor robson beating lake by a point.y or may not be enough. we see how it plays out. 80% of the vote counted. kellyanne conway joins me now. size it up. what did last night tell you today? >> we learned so much heading into the fall last night, bill. not least of which is the republican nominee for governor in kansas and the republican nominee for senate in missouri are the synth attorneys general. it is important. crime and safety will continue to be big issues to voters right, left and center. they see the rise in crime in cities and see the fentanyl pouring over the border and they want someone representing them in washington who is going to, of course, meet the challenge. the other thing that's going on in michigan and kansas. of course in arizona regardless of which woman emerges as the nominee there we see this continuing trend, bill, of candidates of color and female candidates running and winning as republicans in michigan you have john gibbs, my former colleague in administration. he served in the opioids cabine

she's facing karen taylor robson. karrin taylor robson's campaign spent $18.3 million.tential win here, where these trump-backed candidates could set a path of how republicans want their party to go, looking ahead. >>> all right, vaughn. to michigan now. where donald trump friday endorsed conservative media personality, tudor dixon in the challenge to state governor, gretchen whitmer. shaq, tell us about the play there. >> reporter: well, this is a race that has been extremely close. talked about for months now. we're talking about the leading candidates kicked off the ballots because of invalid signatures. millions spent to endorse the primary. and we saw that endorsement from president trump over the weekend, endorsing tudor dixon. i've been talking about what that endorsement could be. listen to what some republican voter his to tell me over the course of the weekend. >> probably about 75%. but not 100%. >> you're more likely to go with a candidate who president trump supports? >> it's possible. but again, i need to see for that candidate myself, to see how i feel ab

the trump backed candidate who pushes the big lie, edging out taylor robson. the former vice president had endorsed robeson. and another victory for the former president. his next big target is liz cheney of wyoming. he backed her challenger and that primary is 11 days away. she is calling on her old man for help cheney the former vice president ran a new ad for his daughter and delivers this message. >> in our nation's history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than donald trump. he tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters reject it him. he is a coward. >> congresswoman cheney has been one of the fiercest critics and is helping to lead the january 6 committee investigating the attack and it has made her prime target for trump supporters still cheney told cnn that she thinks she can win. >> i don't expect to lose and i'm working hard to win every single vote. i believe that the people of wyoming fundamentally understand how important fidelity to the constitution

they may change their name from cpac to taylor robson, because this is really sick over the years, theyould have ron or rand paul to win. of course, that is not reflective of the republican party, for that matter, but that is where these guys are. i think it's time that conservative leaders turned their backs and the platform people like this. orban is another guy who plays footsie with vladimir putin. this guy's more like a turkish leader than any other western leader. i'm hoping the european union, at some point, sets standards for democratic values among their members, because hungary's in a bad place. by the way, only on tucker carlson's show, and only in cpac is hungary a place where they're talking about hungarian exception list. a country of 10 million people, homogenous, relatively poor. i didn't know we were trying to be like them. >> scott, you want to respond? >> yeah, a quick end, i thought it was interesting. just the other day in congress, we had a vote on marriage. obviously, quite a few republicans in both the house and senate voted for marriage on the floor. what he sai

race for governor where the trump backed kerry lake is running against mike pence backed karen taylor robsond masters is on the ballot, he too has embraced trump's election lie. donald trump has, in fact, endorsed a slate of candidates up and down the ballot. all who believe his 2020 election lie. >> let's discuss now with maricopa county bill gates and ana navarro. welcome to you both. bill, let me start with you. after eight hearings and all the evidence of the action and in some cases inaction of the former president related to the big lie of 2020, now there could be a full slate of republicans nominated for statewide office who are selling that lie. what does that tell us about your party in arizona? >> well, i'm certainly concerned about that. but, you know, today we're really focused on the board of supervisors working with the county recorder, we've run the election here. so we are laser focused on the election. but unfortunately some of these candidates are sending around this misinformation, these conspiracy theories, for example saying that certain pens that, you know, need to be u

lie-embracing carrie lake who is running against who former vice president pence is backing karen taylor robsonttle policy sunlight between the two candidates and the big difference is how much they believe in the 2020 election lie. lake has fully endorsed it and made it a part of the centerpiece of her campaign, there are candidates who have been backed by trum up and down this ballot from governor to attorney general to u.s. senate to the secretary of state. that being critical, jake, because the secretary of state will actually administer the elections in this state. in all of those candidates that trump has endorsed, they believe in his lie. jake. >> all right. thank you. and nick valencia is joining us live in topeka, kansas, where abortion rights are on the ballot, and the ballot language is confusing in kansas. a no vote supports the right to an abortion, and a yes vote opens the door to more abortion restrictions or the abortion ban -- do i have that right? >> that is right, jake, and it is a big reason why the abortion rights advocates have spent time door-to-door to not only educate t

her style and tone similar to the former president as i was karen taylor robson similar to mike pence in the u.s. senate race here on the gop side, he did win decisively last night and will be heading into november here. i can tell you interestingly of note, up and down the ballot, martha, here in arizona, from the state legislature on down, trump-backed or those that support president trump won. those candidates won. this is a very different election than with us two years ago in 2020 even though they keep talking about 2020. the message here from a lot of voters here in arizona is that they like what the former president stood for and they liked his agenda. martha? >> martha: thanks, alicia, very much. arizona will be interesting to watch and so are a lot of the governor races. now to michigan where tudor dixon won the republican nomination for governor. here she is after that primary win last evening. watch. >> this is going to be an epic battle with a conservative business woman and a far left career politician. and now we have the opportunity to truly hold gretchen whitmire accou

karen taylor robson is supported by pence. >> he could have gotten down there and said we're not going to allow it. we're going to put the arizona national guard down there and arm them and stop people from coming across. >> the border patrol, the state troopers, the arizona police association all joining my campaign. they know who i am. they know what i stand for and they know i have a record of accomplishing things. >> sandra, we reached out to senator kelly's campaign for an interview. no answer. back to you. >> sandra: keep us posted. alicia acuna on that for us. all of this as washington d.c., mayor mural bowser is asking for help from the national guard 4 thousands of migrants that are being bussed in. the mayor of new york city, eric adams, also expressing his concerns. now texas governor greg abbott is inviting both mayors to the southern border to see the crisis first hand. we have invited mayor adams and bowser to come on this program. we have not heard back. what does our next guest make of this? lieutenant chris oliveras with the texas department of public safety. if you ha

lake's race against karrin taylor robson is currently too close to call, but that did not stop her fromst night. >> can you believe it? i've got the numbers here. we have barely any votes counted. we won today. seven out of 10 election-day votes. do you know that? that is massive. and those votes are not counted yet. there is no path to victory for my opponent, and we won this race, period. ( laughter ). >> stephen: i'm sorry, what. what-- what's happening? she said the votes were barely counted, then she said she was winning, then she said the votes were not counted yet, then she claimed she won. reminds me of last year's super bowl: >> there's the kick-off... and there's no path to victory for the rams! the bengals win! stay tuned for "the equalizer"! ( applause ) >> stephen: quality show "equalizer," quality show. as long as we're declaring winners before the votes are counted, i'm pleased to announce that "the late show with stephen colbert" has won the j.d. power and associates award for initial customer satisfaction for quality mid-size van. ( cheers and applause ) suck it, toyota

than two percentage points separating kari lake, the file right far-right firebrand, and karrin taylor robsonestablishment republican. we just got a few more ballots from maricopa county, and they didn't move the needle all that much. it was just several thousand ballots, basically we're seeing the same margins -- as we march on, night by night, we are expecting, don, at some point though, the early votes that were hand delivered on election day that still have to have those ballots signature verified -- eventually, those will be counted. that's more than 100,000 ballots and that could really move the needle. >> let's talk about kari lake. she is trump backed. despite currently being on top, she's still saying there may be fraud. what's that about? >> pull out your pencil and let's see if you can connect the dots of this logic here. basically, what she is saying is that she still believes in the 2020 election lie -- and by the way, she held victory press conference even though she hasn't won yet and the race hasn't been called by any organization. and she says that there was fraud in this ele

and for governor, you have the battle between kari lake and karrin taylor robson the former president versus former vice-president as far as endorsement and ballistic missile the endorsement from president trump who would face the democrat incumbent mark kelly. we look to get numbers in the next hour and that should be an interesting race to watch tonight. laura? >> laura: brett, thank you. kind of the establishment versus the america-first types, we're seeing that dynamic play out. but that arizona race is fascinating, really interesting people on both sides. bret, thank you >> and by the way we're hoping one of the winners, tudor dixon, the gop primary winner in michigan is going to join us a little bit later in the hour tonight so stay tuned for that >> but up next, i'm coming to you outside of the minneapolis area where two years after the george floyd riots, all is not well. i conducted interviews of the police, business owners, other folks, to get a sense of how we got here and where things are headed. those exclusive packages in a moment. ♪♪ ♪ >> laura: now tonight more financi

been stumping for for months and he was here just a few days ago stumping for her and karrin , taylor robsonwho was endorsed by former vp mike pence. today she declared victory, but that is premature. the results are still not in. if she were to lose the nomination, she has been sewing doubt into the election process, a direct play from the trump playbook. judy: we just heard stephanie mention mark fincham, the nominee of one denomination to be secretary of state in arizona. he is now one of six nominees to be secretary of state around the country who are election deniers. how important do we think that is going to be, not just for november, but for future elections? >> it is crucially important. in 2020, a lot of the reason the country did not fall into complete chaos was because of the actions of one of whom was the secretary of state in georgia. that said it would be crucial not only to the well-being of that state's government, b to the national government as well, to democracy as a whole. so i don't think it can really be overstated how important these positions truly are. judy: i will

governor's race, you've got to political newcomers, kari lake was endorsed by trump, and karrin taylor robson was endorsed by the likes of mike pence, it's for the voters to decide which direction they take. donald trump has also induced -- attorney general, there is the opportunity that there could be a clean sweep of victories for these donald trump candidates who have echoed and propagated his election conspiracies and kari lake, she's already claiming there is fraud and irregularities in her primer but when i asked her for specific allegations or specific examples, she refused to do so, maricopa county's officials say they have received no such concerns at this time. >>> michigan has had a wacky few months in the run up to the republican primary bear. listen to this, first, several candidates for governor got kicked off the ballot back in may, signatures were simple, and another candidate arrested and charged with misdemeanor for his role in the capital insurrection. all of this, as an incumbent who voted to impeach the former president fights for his political survival. >> the primary ra

in arizona trump-backed kari lake leading in a divisive republican governor race over karrin taylor robson who had the support of former vice president mike pence. >> we won this race. >> reporter: arizona has been a hotbed of denialism about joe biden's victory in the 2020 election with mark finchlam winning secretary of state, the top election official in arizona. >> arizona has sent a message loud and clear. >> reporter: blake masters writing his trump endorsement, setting up one of the nation's most closely watched senate contests against mark kelly. in michigan tudor dixon beating gretchen whitmer. congressman peter meijer one of ten republicans voting to impeach president trump losing his primary to john gibbs, a fervent election denier whose candidacy was boosted by democrats with hundreds of thousands of dollars in tv adds. in missouri attorney generic schmitt easily winning the republican -- eric greitens resigned four years ago amid a sex scandal. >> god has a plan. doesn't always work on our timeline. >> reporter: now, the surge of supporters coming together to support abortion

a couple of contest, the trump backed candidate kerry lake is still in the contest with karrin taylor robson who had mike pence's support. only about 11,000 votes separating them, about 80% of the vote in, kerry lake was riding the trump endorsement and a total election denier, which was a theme up and down the ballot in arizona, in the senate republican primary, blake masters had trump support, he will take on mark kelly in this critical senate race in the battleground state has the backing of peter teal's, and i want to show you also this critical contest a little further down the ballot for secretary of state, mark fincham, who also had donald trump's backing, is a compete complete election denier, he is now the republican nominee to become secretary of state in arizona and have oversight over the elections there. you asked about trump. i want to show you one other contest that we tracked last night, and that was in michigan, because peter meyer, the republican from the grand rapids area here, lost his primary to john gibbs, peter meyer one of the 10 republicans who voted to impeach donal

that race pitts trump-backed lake against karen taylor robson who pence endorsed.out front" in scottsdale covering this race all the way through and you've been talking to a lot of voters there today, on primary day. what have you learned? >> reporter: well, just about 2 1/2 hours left of voting here, and we've been speaking to a good bit of the republicans who have been coming to this particular polling place. and what they've been telling us is even though the election lie and trump's endorsement has really run through and coarsed through so many of these races here on the republican side of the arizona primary, that the reason why they're coming are other reasons. sure, it may have bumped them one way or the other but they're driven by issues like the border and cultural issues and the economy. take a listen. >> the left has gone kind of mad, in my opinion, and it just seems like it's un -- it seems a little unfixable. it seems more scary now than it's ever seen. now i'm leaning more towards my conservative leanings that i've always had but i'm losing hope in th

kari lake is about 12,000 votes ahead of karrin taylor robson. lake is the trump-backed candidate who backs his debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen. she claims the same about her race if she loses. yes, ahead if she were to lose. obviously we don't have the full result there yet. mike pence and the governor, doug ducey, backed robson in that race. if kari lake maintains her lead and wins, she'll be joining a republican nominee for secretary of state who also maintains without proof that there was election fraud in arizona. joining us now is cnn anchor chris wallace, the host of "who's talking to chris wallace." chris, great to have you. great to see you here this morning. >> thank you. >> a lot of election deniers doing very well in these elections, but also you're going to see them in potentially or if they are to win in the general, in these positions where they could affect the outcome of elections. >> the first one we have to make is none of them have been elected to any positions. they're winning republican nominations. but in

the question is can karrin taylor robson catch her or not? some polls show her very close and other polls show lake with a bigger lead. >> in michigan, former president trump taking aim at the governor's race, endorsing tutor dixon. >> yes. that is my home state. we kind of have a bunch of seat list candidates. tudor dixon is the most electable, but still a denier and she's got a lot of problems. she was being attacked for not being manga enough, but some of the other candidates settled that. trump is not above endorsing someone he thinks will win anyway so he can claim the win and that is what happened there. she's got an uphill battle, but governor witmer is vulnerable, so that is not on arrival like arizona would be. >> mike murphy, thanks so much. >>> voters in kansas will set it straight for abortion rights. this is the first time it's been on a ballot since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade five weeks ago. right now the constitution protects the right to abortion. voters will decide whether to strip that right from the constituti

in arizona, trump-backed kari lake leading in a divisive republican governor's race over karrin taylor-robson who had the support of former vice president mike pence. >> we won this race. >> reporter: arizona has been a hotbed of denialism of joe biden's victory in the 2020 election with mark finchham winning for secretary of state. >> arizona has sent a message loud and clear. >> reporter: blake masters writing his trump endorsement to becoming the party's senate nominee, setting up one of the most closely watched senate contests against democratic senator mark kelly. in michigan, tudor will challenge gretchen whitmer. congressman peter meijer, one of ten republicans voting to impeach president trump losing his primary to john gibbs, whose candidacy was boosted by democrats with hundreds of thousands of dollars in tv ads. >> are you guys ready to take this country back? >> reporter: and in missouri, attorney general eric schmitt blocking a comeback from eric greitens who resigned amid a sex scandal. >> god has a plan. it doesn't always work on our timeline. >> reporter: so abortion rights cl

trump has been stumping for for months , he was here a few days ago stumping for her, and karrin taylor robsonendorsed by former vice president mike pence. we should say ms. lake declared victory today, but that is premature. the results are still not in. if lake were to lose the nomination, she has spent weeks sowing doubt into the election press, a direct play from the trump playbook. judy: jessica, we heard stephanie mention mark finchum, the nominee to be secretary of state in arizona. he is one of six nominees to be secretary of state around the country who are election deniers. how important do we think that will be not just for november, but for future elections? jessica: i think it is crucially important. in 2020, a lot of the reason the country didn't fall into complete chaos is because of the actions of one or two individuals, one of whom was a secretary of state in georgia. that could easily happen in another state. it could come down to that state and that person calling the shots in that state would be crucial, not only to the well-being of that state government, but to the nation

in arizona, kari lake is leading karrin taylor robson for governor. lake was backed by trump, while robson was endorsed by mike pence. cnn has not yet called that race. also in arizona, cnn is projecting that rusty bowers, the state house speaker who testified before the january 6th committee, will lose his primary to david farnsworth. bowers refused to participate in trump's efforts to throw arizona's 2020 election into doubt. >> and in michigan, cnn projects election denier tudor dixon has won the republican primary for governor. she will face gretchen whitmer in the fall. also in michigan, peter meijer, one of the ten house republicans who voted to impeach donald trump has been defeated by challenger john gibbs after democrats meddled in his primary. and you might recall that trump endorsed an ambiguous eric in the missouri senate race and one of the erics has won. cnn projecting eric schmitt will defeat eric greitens, the former president president governor who resigned in disgrace. >> let's begin with cnn's jeff zeleny in st. louis with the very