PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego took an early lead over former television news anchor and staunch Donald Trump ally Kari Lake in Tuesday’s election for U.S. Senate. The race is among a handful of contests that will determine how large a Republican majority Trump will work with in the Senate when the president-elect returns to the White House next year. The GOP clinched the Senate majority after four years of Democratic control. Gallego expressed confidence when he spoke to Democrats on Tuesday night in Phoenix, though the race remained too early to call with about a million ballots remaining to be counted. Lake did not comment on the results.
