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Decision Desk HQ projects Hobbs wins Arizona governor race over Biggs

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Decision Desk HQ projects that Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs will win reelection in Arizona over Republican Rep. Andy Biggs, and CBS News makes the same projection. Bloomberg and The Hill also cite Decision Desk HQ. Townhall reports Hobbs with nearly 59 percent of the vote to just under 40 percent for Biggs. These are projections, not certified results. The Hill reports that Hobbs led Biggs in polls before Election Day. CBS News reports that President Trump backed Biggs, a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, and that Hobbs narrowly won the 2022 race by about 17,000 votes over Republican Kari Lake.

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  1. Decision Desk HQ and CBS News project Hobbs will win reelection over Biggs.

    Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    CBS News, Bloomberg
    Center
    The Hill

  2. Townhall reports Hobbs with nearly 59 percent of the vote to just under 40 percent for Biggs.

    One outletTownhall· Far Right

  3. The Hill reports Hobbs led Biggs in polls heading into Election Day.

    One outletThe Hill· Center

  4. Biggs is described as a Trump ally.

    One outletCBS News· Left

How each side tells it

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All four outlets report Hobbs is projected to win reelection over Biggs, and the left and center coverage attributes the call to Decision Desk HQ or CBS News. The right headline states the win as settled without naming a source, and its excerpt focuses on vote share and issues.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Left headlines report Hobbs’s win, with CBS adding the label “GOP election denier” for Biggs, while Bloomberg attributes the call to Decision Desk HQ in its headline.

    Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wins reelection, defeating GOP Delegitimizing label“election denier”Labels Biggs by his position on the 2020 result, a characterization rather than a description of his role.More neutral: Republican who has questioned the 2020 election resultsDisagree with this highlight?
    CBS NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    The Hill’s headline frames the result as party control, with Democrats holding the governor’s mansion, and attributes the projection to Decision Desk HQ in its description.

    Democrats hold Arizona governor’s mansion with Hobbs win
    The HillCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    1 outlet

    Townhall’s headline states Hobbs’s win as settled without naming who made the call, and its excerpt centers on vote share and issues like the economy and border security.

    Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs Wins Re-Election Against Republican Andy Biggs
    TownhallFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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  • Left2

    promoted conspiracy theorieselection denier

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In the outlets’ own words

  • Delegitimizing label

    promoted conspiracy theoriesMore neutral: has questioned the 2020 presidential election results

    Characterizes Biggs’s 2020 statements as conspiracy theories in the outlet’s own voice without quoting him.

    Andy Biggs, who was backed by President Trump and has promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.

    Used byCBS News (Left)

  • Delegitimizing label

    election denierMore neutral: Republican who has questioned the 2020 election results

    Labels Biggs by his position on the 2020 result, a characterization rather than a description of his role.

    Katie Hobbs wins reelection, defeating GOP election denier

    Used byCBS News (Left)

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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Hobbs’s reelection win
  • Decision Desk HQ and CBS projections
  • Biggs as a Trump ally
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  • CBS NewsLeft

    Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wins reelection, defeating GOP Delegitimizing label“election denier”Labels Biggs by his position on the 2020 result, a characterization rather than a description of his role.More neutral: Republican who has questioned the 2020 election resultsDisagree with this highlight?

    Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs will win the governor's race, CBS News projects, besting Trump ally Rep. Andy Biggs.

    Read at CBS News (opens in a new tab)
  • BloombergLeft

    Democrat Hobbs Wins Arizona Governor Race, DDHQ Projects

    Democratic incumbent Katie Hobbs is projected to win the election for governor of Arizona, according to Decision Desk HQ on X.

    Read at Bloomberg (opens in a new tab)

From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Party control of the governorship
  • Hobbs’s lead in pre-election polls
  • Decision Desk HQ projection
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  • The HillCenter

    Democrats hold Arizona governor’s mansion with Hobbs win

    Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) is projected to maintain the purple state’s gubernatorial mansion, per Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The Democrat fended off a challenge from Republican Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.) to clinch a second term leading the Grand Canyon State. …

    Read at The Hill (opens in a new tab)

From the right

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Hobbs’s vote share
  • Economy, immigration and border security
  • Lieutenant governor race

Leaves out

  • Decision Desk HQ as the source of the projection

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • TownhallFar Right

    Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs Wins Re-Election Against Republican Andy Biggs

    The Arizona governor’s race has been called for Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs, who will now serve a second term in office.

    Read at Townhall (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

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  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Nov 3, 10:14 PM EST

  • Center

    3 min later

    Its first report, Nov 3, 10:17 PM EST

  • Right

    35 min later

    Its first report, Nov 3, 10:49 PM EST

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  1. BloombergLeftNov 3, 10:14 PM EST
  2. The HillCenterNov 3, 10:17 PM EST
  3. CBS NewsLeftNov 3, 10:38 PM EST
  4. TownhallFar RightNov 3, 10:49 PM EST

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