Transcripts for CNN CNN Special Program 20240604 00:18:00 :

p. keaton kids from the 80s. i ve been a republican my whole life. thank you so much. reporter: nowadays chairman of the mayorricopa board of governors, arizona s most populous. among the board s responsibilities, running elections. this election was run well. there was no fraud involved in this. no corruption. why do i feel confident about that? because this has been the most scrutinized election we vin run. my job was to make sure there wasn t anything improper or fraudulent that was going on. reporter: you weren t discounting anything? no. my job is to investigate what was being brought to me. so i followed up on those with our elections officials. reporter: and and there was nothing to it. good morning, sir. reporter: for gates and his colleagues the madness began in the hours after the polls