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,

The GOP Senate candidate loses another winnable race, proving again that candidate quality matters.

Arizonans have elected Representative Ruben Gallego as the next senator of the Grand Canyon State, according to the Associated Press. Gallego clinched 50 percent of the votes, besting far-right darling and local TV news anchor Kari Lake by 2.2 percent with 95 percent of the state reporting.