{"id":1589982,"date":"2022-08-04T23:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589982"},"modified":"2022-08-04T23:10:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T03:10:56","slug":"trump-endorsed-candidate-kari-lake-wins-gop-arizona-gubernatorial-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-endorsed-candidate-kari-lake-wins-gop-arizona-gubernatorial-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Endorsed Candidate Kari Lake Wins GOP Arizona Gubernatorial Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-endorsed-candidate-kari-lake-wins-gop-arizona-gubernatorial-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589982&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won her state\u2019s primary Thursday in a tight race against opponent Karrin Taylor Robson.<\/p>\n<p>Her victory was delayed due to the race remaining too close to call. Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2022\/08\/02\/us\/elections\/results-arizona-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">garnered<\/a> 46.8 percent of the vote, while Taylor Robson narrowly tied her with 44 percent, The New York Times reported Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Lake prematurely <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/03\/kari-lake-prematurely-declares-victory-arizona-republican-gop-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declared<\/a> victory early Wednesday while addressing a crowd of supporters. She suggested that election officials were delaying the race as they did not want her to win.<\/p>\n<p>A strong supporter of former President Donald Trump, she ran a large portion of her platform on the results of the 2020 presidential election, which she claimed to be fraudulent. She claims the so-called \u201crigged election\u201d is the \u201cbiggest story out there,\u201d and has alleged that more elections will be stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Robson has been vague in her response about the 2020 election results, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3572785-arizona-gop-candidate-dodges-questions-about-election-biden-wrong-guy-in-the-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stating<\/a> they were \u201cnot fair\u201d and claiming states changed the rules in the \u201cweeks and months\u201d following the election, Ballotpedia <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Arizona_gubernatorial_election,_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. She recently refused to directly answer whether she accepts the results of the election in an interview with CNN\u2019s Brianna Keilar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2022\/07\/25\/karrin-taylor-robson-arizona-gubernatorial-race-trump-pence-2020-election-newday-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/this-week-in-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">saying<\/a> President Joe Biden is the \u201cwrong guy in the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lakes\u2019 claims contradict the findings of federal election security officials, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/news\/2020\/11\/12\/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the 2020 election was the \u201cmost secure in American history,\u201d and there was no evidence of widespread election fraud after <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/06\/arizona-maricopa-county-2020-election-donald-trump-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2021\/10\/21\/arizona-conspiracy-theorists-elections-lah-ac360-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous CNN segment<\/a> called Lake a \u201crising star of the right-wing\u201d and \u201cproud spreader of lies\u201d about the 2020 election, before turning to an interview between her and CNN senior national reporter Kyung Lah, where the candidate accused the Lah of not \u201cgiving a damn\u201d about election integrity. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/27\/gop-arizona-candidate-kari-lake-bret-baier-drag-queen-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018I\u2019m Actually Appalled\u2019: GOP Arizona Candidate Kari Lake And Bret Baier Get Into Heated Exchange Over Drag Queen Story)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7492246 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652.jpg\" alt=\"PARADISE VALLEY, ARIZONA - AUGUST 02: Republican candidate for Arizona Governor Kari Lake (C) leaves a polling place after voting in the Arizona primary on August 02, 2022 in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Arizonans are heading to the polls to vote in the state&#039;s primary election. Republican candidate for Governor Kari Lake is in a tight race with Republican challenger Karrin Taylor Robson. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652.jpg 1318w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652-282x120.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652-620x264-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652-768x328-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652-1536x656-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1412499593-scaled-e1659474648652-2048x874-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"4\">Tensions also arose between the two leading candidates, as Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/phoenix\/2022\/07\/28\/karrin-taylor-robsons-election-fraud-kari-lake-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> she \u201cdetect[ed] some stealing going on\u201d in the weeks ahead of the primary election. Taylor Robson called her statements \u201cmeritless\u201d in a July 26 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Karrin4Arizona\/status\/1552168873075494912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"4\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThe more Kari Lake panics she is going to lose this <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AZgov?src=hashtag_click\">#AZgov<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> election, the more she attempts to sow doubt about its results,\u201d she wrote in the tweet. \u201cHer allegations are meritless, reckless and disqualifying in someone who seeks the will of the governed in leading our state.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lake\u2019s accusations arose as an OH Predictive Insights <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ohpredictive.com\/press-releases\/state-of-gop-voters-break-heavy-and-hard-for-lake?utm_content=216431030&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;hss_channel=tw-804770917846876160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> found Lake and Taylor Robson in a tight race, with Lake garnering 39% support and Taylor Robson gaining 31% favorability in early July. Those numbers changed to largely favor Lake by the end of the month, standing at 51%-33% in favor of Lake. The poll surveyed 502 likely Republican voters on July 27 with a 4.37% margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican nominee has vowed to strengthen border security, declare the influx of migrants an \u201cinvasion\u201d and deploy troops to the U.S.-Mexico border on day one. During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/tv\/watch-live-just-news-not-noise-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Just The News<\/a>, she said the federal government is not upholding its responsibilities listed in Article IV of the Constitution, which guarantees the federal government\u2019s role to \u201cprotect\u201d American citizens from invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to finish President Trump\u2019s wall. On Day One, I will issue a declaration of invasion, we\u2019re going to send our troops down to the border, Arizona National Guard troops, and we\u2019re going to arm them and allow them to arrest and detain people until we process them and send them back over the border,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karilake.com\/news-and-media\/az-gov-candidate-lake-says-im-declaring-an-invasion-and-finishing-trumps-wall-03-31-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lake received the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Arizona_gubernatorial_election,_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">endorsements<\/a> of Trump, Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, and Republican Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. She received additional endorsements from the Conservative Political Action Coalition and the Arizona Fraternal Order of Police, according to Ballotpedia.<\/p>\n<p>Lake led the polls by an average of 8.5 percentage points, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/az\/arizona_senate_republican_primary-7561.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to RealClear Politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake won her state\u2019s primary Thursday in a tight race against opponent Karrin Taylor Robson.Her victory was delayed due to the race remaining too close<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1589982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1589982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}