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A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh’s challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general, concluding that Hamadeh didn’t prove the errors in vote counting that he had alleged.

A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh's challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona attorney general, concluding that Hamadeh didn't prove the errors in vote counting that he had alleged.

Mohave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen has denied Abraham Hamadeh's request to throw out his election results.

PHOENIX (AP) -- A judge has thrown out Republican Abraham Hamadeh's challenge of election results in his race against Democrat Kris Mayes for Arizona

The judge denied the Republican team access to Maricopa Countys cast vote record and a request to push the trial until Tuesday.

Republican Abe Hamadeh trails Democrat Kris Mayes by 511 votes in one of Arizonas closest statewide elections.

Abe Hamadeh, a GOP attorney general candidate, is trailing Democratic rival Kris Mayes by 511 votes in a historically close race.

Abraham Hamadeh’s election lawsuit is fatally flawed and should be dismissed by the court, according to attorneys for Maricopa County. 

A bid by Abe Hamadeh to have a judge declare him the next attorney general is "based on little more than speculation and conjecture,'' an attorney for his Democratic opponent, Kris Mayes, is saying.

Republican attorney general candidate Abe Hamadeh lost to Democrat Kris Mayes by 511 votes in the initial tally. A recount among counties is ongoing.