{"id":2293752,"date":"2024-07-12T18:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lake-asks-arizona-supreme-court-to-declare-her-governor-despite-current-senate-bid-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T18:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T22:27:16","slug":"lake-asks-arizona-supreme-court-to-declare-her-governor-despite-current-senate-bid-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lake-asks-arizona-supreme-court-to-declare-her-governor-despite-current-senate-bid-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake asks Arizona Supreme Court to declare her governor despite current Senate bid &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Flake-asks-arizona-supreme-court-to-declare-her-governor-despite-current-senate-bid-washington-examiner%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=2293752&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>Kari Lake, a candidate for Arizona&#8217;s open \u2062Senate seat, has asked the Arizona Supreme Court \u200bto declare \u2062her governor, two \u2062years after losing the election\u200c for \u200cthat position. Her attorneys claim that new evidence\u200d shows \u2064irregularities in the election process, including issues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maricopa-county-arizona-experiences-large-number-of-voting-machine-malfunctions-early-tuesday\/\" title=\"Maricopa County, Arizona, Experiences Large Number Of Voting Machine \u2018Malfunctions\u2019 Early Tuesday\">vote tabulators<\/a> and mail-in ballots. If successful, \u200cthis challenge \u200dcould complicate \u200bthe current Senate\u200c race, \u200bwhere Lake is \u200bfavored to win the Republican \u2064nomination. Despite focusing on her Senate bid, Lake continues to assert that the 2022 gubernatorial election\u2063 was stolen.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lake asks Arizona Supreme Court to declare her governor despite current Senate bid<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/brady-knox\/\">Brady Knox<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-12T17:31:35-04:00\">July 12, 2024 5:31 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1686903\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kari-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kari Lake\">Kari Lake<\/a> is asking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kari Lake\">Arizona<\/a> Supreme Court to declare her governor two years after she lost the election for that office, despite her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-email-reportedly-names-kamala-harris-others-as-key-contacts-for-joint-venture-with-china-energy-co\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Email Reportedly Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for &#039;Joint Venture&#039; With China Energy Co.\">current run<\/a> for the state\u2019s open Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Lake attorneys Kurt Olsen and Jennifer Wright filed a petition for review, arguing the Superior Court and Court of Appeals should have reinstated her case over new evidence. They claim the new evidence shows that Maricopa County did not conduct the necessary logic and accuracy testing on the vote tabulators, <em>Arizona Law<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonaslaw.blogspot.com\/2024\/07\/breaking-people-are-voting-kari-lake.html?m=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lake\u2019s petition claims that Maricopa County did not properly verify signatures on mail-in ballots \u2014 to rectify the problem, she requested a new gubernatorial election or to \u201cproportionally strike 275,000 ballots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Hobbs eclipsed Lake by more than 10% of Maricopa\u2019s early voting, under Grounds, Lake would win,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n<p>In the unlikely event that her challenge succeeds, it would drastically complicate the current Senate race, the Republican nomination for which she is already favored to win.<\/p>\n<p>Though attempting to shift focus to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-presidential-election-macron-bails-on-tv-debate-as-marine-le-pen-gains-ground\/\" title=\"French Presidential Election: Macron Bails on TV Debate as Marine Le Pen Gains Ground\">current race<\/a>, Lake has maintained her assertion that the 2022 gubernatorial election was stolen and kept up her legal challenges. Her challenges to the integrity of the election have led to further legal troubles, including a lawsuit from Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, who accused her of defamation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In March, Lake <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2940474\/kari-lake-wont-defend-herself-in-arizona-defamation-lawsuit-and-asks-court-to-decide-damages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"forfeited her ability\">forfeited her ability<\/a> to defend herself in the\u00a0lawsuit, instead asking the court to decide damages.<\/p>\n<p>She justified her decision by saying she was a victim of lawfare, or the use of the legal system to impoverish a political opponent. She requested the judge set a default judgment hearing, forfeiting her right to defend herself, and instead go straight to determining whether or not damages are owed to the plaintiff and how much.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1686903\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1686903\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kari Lake is seeking to be declared governor by the Arizona Supreme Court, despite losing the election two years ago and currently running for the state&#8217;s Senate seat. Her attorneys argue that new evidence shows irregularities in the election process, such as lack of testing on vote tabulators and verification of signatures on mail-in ballots. If successful, this challenge could complicate the current Senate race, where Lake is favored to win the Republican nomination. Lake has continued to claim that the 2022 gubernatorial election was stolen, leading to legal challenges and a defamation lawsuit against her. She has forfeited her defense in the lawsuit, citing lawfare tactics used against her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2293753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kari-lake.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34863,4173,8211,34864],"class_list":["post-2293752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona-supreme-court","tag-governor","tag-lake","tag-senate-bid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/kari-lake.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293752","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}