{"id":1839148,"date":"2023-02-08T06:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839148"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:25:25","slug":"kari-lake-confirms-shes-entertaining-major-run-if-she-loses-election-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-confirms-shes-entertaining-major-run-if-she-loses-election-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake Confirms She\u2019s &#8220;Entertaining&#8221; Major Run If She Loses Election Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fkari-lake-confirms-shes-entertaining-major-run-if-she-loses-election-lawsuit%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=1839148&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-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-arizona\">Arizona<\/a> Republican candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-kari-lake\">Kari lake<\/a> According to her, she is currently \u201centertaining\u201d a run for Arizona\u2019s U.S. Senate seat in 2024 if her election-related court cases don\u2019t pan out.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with\u00a0Turning Point USA President\u00a0Charlie Kirk this week, Lake spoke about speculation that she would run for Arizona\u2019s Senate seat in 2024. This would put her up against Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and Rep. Rueben Galego (D-Ariz.), both of whom recently announced they would be running for the seat. Sinema, a former Democrat announced last year that she would become an independent.<\/p>\n<p>Asked <a href=\"https:\/\/thecharliekirkshow.com\/podcasts\/the-charlie-kirk-show\/the-ccp-balloon-pop-heard-round-the-world-with-kar\">Kirk, Monday<\/a> if she\u2019s \u201centertaining\u201d a run for Sinema\u2019s seat, Lake said,\u00a0\u201cYes, I am entertaining it. I meant that my number one priority was our court case. I have full faith in our court case. I hope we get a judge who will do the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m also looking at what happens if we don\u2019t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away,\u201d Lake. \u201cI represent we the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they\u2019re willing to steal an election then I\u2019m not going to let them have that, I won\u2019t go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake further stated that Lake views the world as a &#8220;viewer&#8221;. \u201cinternal polling\u201d That showed that she had a good chance to defeat Sinema or win over Gallego. It\u2019s not clear if Sinema, who was first elected in 2018, is planning to run for reelection, and she has made no public comments in response to Lake\u2019s or Gallego\u2019s criticisms of her.<\/p>\n<p>Gallego announced in the meantime that he would run to be a senator in January. He and Lake have sparred on Twitter and in public appearances ever since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen some internal polling that shows I\u2019m the only Republican who can beat these other two,\u201d Lake spoke of Gallego and Sinema. \u201cI find both of them incredibly dangerous to the people of Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema\u2019s voting record being 93 percent of the time voting for Joe Biden\u2019s agenda, I find Ruben Gallego being a self-admitted socialist really frightening for Arizona and if I\u2019m the only Republican who can beat them, I would be willing to jump in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lake&#8217;s spokesperson confirmed to Politico, however, that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/kari-lake-met-with-senate-republican-officials-in-washington-spokesperson_5035195.html\">Meeting with Republican Senate officials<\/a> Although few details were revealed, the meeting was held in Washington, D.C. A meeting between Lake and the\u00a0National Republican Senatorial Committee officials lasted about an hour on Thursday, said Lake advisor Caroline Wren.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3749094\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/Krysten-Sinema-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-3749094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Krysten-Sinema-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3749094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Krysten-Sinema-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Az.) At a hearing held on Capitol Hill, Washington, May 14, 2019, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D.Az. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Wren was asked by the outlet if Lake has made a decision regarding a Senate run. \u201cI don\u2019t think so. I think it was more listening.\u201d\u00a0The Epoch Times contacted Lake\u2019s team for comment about the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Lake was also interviewed by The New York Times, and offered more criticisms of Sinema and Gallego.\u00a0\u201cShe\u2019s the furthest thing from an independent,\u201d Lake shared his story about Sinema with the paper.<\/p>\n<h2>Lawsuit Status<\/h2>\n<p>In December, a Maricopa County judge tossed Lake\u2019s lawsuit during a two-day trial in which her lawyers argued that a range of issues in Maricopa on Election Day caused enough problems for voters that the midterm election should be re-done or Lake should be declared the winner. She has since appealed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, while the state\u00a0Supreme Court has twice rejected a petition to transfer her case.<\/p>\n<p>Maricopa County officials stated on Nov. 8, that several vote tabulation machines had suffered printer errors. Lake and GOP officials claim that this caused delays and chaos that led to widespread delays. Maricopa County maintains that no Election Day voters were affected by the errors. They claimed that they were fixed that day.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in late January filed a response that seeks to dismiss Lake\u2019s challenge, asserting that the GOP challenger failed to provide enough evidence.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from state election officials, Lake was 17,000 votes behind Hobbs, a Democrat. Hobbs was sworn in officially as Arizona Governor last month.<\/p>\n<p>Lake claimed that Election Day voters tended to vote Republican. He also suggested that the outcomes of the contest were affected by issues reported at polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear Lake\u2019s challenge on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Republican candidate Kari lake According to her, she is currently \u201centertaining\u201d a run for Arizona\u2019s U.S. Senate seat in 2024 if her election-related court cases don\u2019t pan out. During an interview with\u00a0Turning Point USA President\u00a0Charlie Kirk this week, Lake spoke about speculation that she would run for Arizona\u2019s Senate seat in 2024. 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