Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego is projected to beat Republican rabble-rouser Kari Lake in the race to become Arizona’s next U.S. senator after Lake seemed to struggle to win over moderate and independent voters.

Ruben Gallego is 2 percentage points, or 72,626 votes, ahead of Kari Lake with more than 93% of the ballots counted.

Democrat Ruben Gallego has defeated Republican Kari Lake in the race for Arizona’s open Senate seat. The Arizona race for retiring independent Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s seat was the last race to be called by the Associated Press,