New numbers: Kyrsten Sinema ahead in U.S. Senate race vote count

PHOENIX (KSAZ) -- New numbers from the Arizona Secretary of State's office shows an extremely tight Senate race, as of Thursday afternoon.

According to the latest numbers that were made available at around 6:00 p.m., Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema is in the lead with 932,870 votes (49.10%), and GOP candidate Martha McSally in 2nd place, with 923,260 votes (48.59%).

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The Green Party candidate, Angela Green, has 43,838 votes (2.31%). Green withdrew from the race prior to Election Day.

From 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sinema's lead grew by 7,504 votes.

Sinema and McSally are battling for Jeff Flake's Senate seat. Flake is leaving the Senate at the end of the current legislative term.

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