A January 2023 analysis by a trio of election data experts, collectively known as the Audit Guys, concluded that in Maricopa County, over 33,000 voters who voted Republican in down-ballot races chose to vote for Hobbs instead of Lake, while nearly 6,000 Republican leaning voters did not vote in the gubernatorial election or wrote in another candidate instead of Lake; together, these voters could have flipped the result of the election had they voted for Lake.
A January 2023 assessment by three election data specialists, known as the Audit Guys, revealed that in Maricopa County, over 33,000 Republican voters who supported down-ballot candidates chose to vote for Hobbs instead of Lake, while nearly 6,000 Republican-leaning voters did not participate in the gubernatorial election or cast a write-in ballot for Lake; these voters could have altered the outcome of the election had they voted for Lake.