Kari Lake now trails opponent Gallego by double digits in Arizona Senate race, new poll shows

Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake's chances of winning the November elections against her Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego, are increasingly smaller, according to the latest poll.

The survey, conducted by Fox News and published on Wednesday, shows Gallego with a resounding, 15-point lead, 56% to 41%. It was conducted with one Republican and one Democratic polling firm and had 1,014 respondents with a 3% margin of error.

The poll adds to a growing body of literature showing Gallego with a solid lead ahead of the elections. It is the largest gap between the two candidates, according to the surveys aggregated by FiveThirtyEight. Another recent one, released by Emerson College, has Gallego with a seven-point lead, 49% to 42%.

Lake has rejected the polling, recently telling NewsNation that she is actually ahead in her "internal polling" and that studies showing Gallego on the lead are "absurd" and "partisan."

"There were a couple of really bad outlier polls that were included and were just absolutely absurd, partisan polls. I know what my internal polling looks like," she said during a passage of the interview. "I'm ahead of him, but it is a horse. And I've gotten access to a lot of polls that aren't public."

Despite the numerous polls showing Gallego ahead, Lake said hers is the "third-best chance for a pickup seat in these closely contested races." "And I feel we're going to win this one."

Lake also described Gallego as an "absolute dud," saying he has "voted in lockstep 100 percent of the time with (President) Joe Biden and (Vice President) Kamala Harris, the two most disastrous things to ever happen to our country."

Gallego, however, recently got a boost from an endorsement by the state's police association. In a letter published on X, the APA, described as the "largest police/public safety association i the state, representing thousands of active law enforcement officers, said Gallego "has continually fought for robust, increased funding for America's Law Enforcement."

"The APA doesn't take our endorsements lightly; we recognize the importance of having a U.S. Senator that can bring people together to improve society for all. We believe Congressman Gallego will be that U.S. Senator," he added.

Lake reacted to the news with a publication on X, saying that Gallego has "spent nearly a decade in DC undermining our law enforcement & making America less safe." "Our campaign has overwhelming support from Arizona Law Enforcement because they know that I want to help them in their mission to make America safe," she added.

The two are set to face each other in a debate on October 9, organized by the Arizona Clean Elections Commission.