Sinema wins new Ariz. House seat

The Associated Press has declared former Democratic Arizona state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema the winner of a Phoenix-area House race against Republican Vernon Parker.

Sinema, who will be the first openly bisexual member of Congress, has held a narrow lead since election night that has grown to 6,000 votes as outstanding ballots were tallied. That gap is too big for Parker to overcome, the AP said.

The seat is the state's 9th Congressional District, encompassing parts of Phoenix and its suburbs.

Another Arizona House race between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Martha McSally is still undecided. Barber inched ahead by a few hundred votes over the weekend.