Kari Lake loses last claim in Arizona election challenge

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  • Source: Fox News
  • 05/23/2023

An Arizona judge has dismissed Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake's only remaining legal claim in her lawsuit challenging her loss to Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in the 2022 election.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter A. Thompson said Lake did not provide evidence that the signature review process for mail-in ballots in Maricopa County was tainted by misconduct.

Lake, a Trump-backed former TV journalist, lost the election to Hobbs by roughly 17,000 votes and sued claiming ballot printers in the county were inaccurate and signatures on mail-in ballots were not properly reviewed as required by state law. She has earned a significant following with Trump supporters and is openly considering a bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kyrsten Sinema, a former Democrat now Independent. Lake has also been rumored to be under consideration by former President Trump as a potential running mate for the 2024 presidential election.  

In February, the Arizona Court of Appeals denied Lake's request to throw out ballots and overturn the results of the 2022 election. The Arizona Supreme Court later declined to hear nearly all of Lake’s appeal, saying there was no evidence to support her claim that more than 35,000 ballots were added to vote totals.

 

Kari Lake by Gage Skidmore is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

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