The congressman leaned on his personal story and military service to build an image as a pragmatic moderate who would work to fix the nation’s broken immigration system and fight for veterans and for reproductive rights.

Democrat Ruben Gallego has won the U.S. Senate race in Arizona, defeating his far-right Republican rival, Kari Lake, according to a race call by Associated Press late on Monday, Nov. 11.

The Democrat and former Marine is projected to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona against Republican Kari Lake, a pro-Trump former news anchor.