One thing that may have made a difference is the 73,000-vote margin of this loss out of about 3.3 million ballots cast in the race. By contrast, Lake fell behind Democrat Katie Hobbs two years ago by a much smaller margin: just 17,117 votes.

Republican Kari Lake has lost another statewide election in Arizona, this time coming up short in her bid for U.S. Senate against Democrat Ruben Gallego. Lake, an ally of President-elect Donald Trump, is nationally known as an election denier. She promoted ...