{"id":2366088,"date":"2024-11-08T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-supreme-court-rejects-kari-lakes-bid-to-overturn-2022-loss-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-08T11:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:05:08","slug":"arizona-supreme-court-rejects-kari-lakes-bid-to-overturn-2022-loss-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-supreme-court-rejects-kari-lakes-bid-to-overturn-2022-loss-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Supreme Court rejects Kari Lake\u2019s bid to overturn 2022 loss &#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\">28<\/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%2Farizona-supreme-court-rejects-kari-lakes-bid-to-overturn-2022-loss-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=2366088&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 \u2063Lake, the Republican \u200ccandidate who \u200dlost the 2022 gubernatorial \u2064election in Arizona, recently had her\u2064 attempt to \u2062overturn the election \u2064results rejected by the Arizona Supreme Court. The court dismissed her appeal just a day after\u200d the\u200c November 5 \u200belection,\u2063 alongside similar appeals\u2062 from other Republican candidates\u2063 who also lost their races. Lake&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-federal-investigators-reveal-likely-reason-for-helicopter-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Federal Investigators Reveal Likely Reason For Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant\">legal team argued<\/a> that\u200d the 2022 election was fundamentally flawed, citing issues such as ballot tabulator problems and \u200blong lines \u200bin Maricopa\u200c County. However, there has \u2062been no substantial evidence of widespread voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The court&#8217;s dismissal signifies \u200cthe end of Lake&#8217;s prolonged challenge against the \u2064election results. Legal experts have stated that \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-will-be-in-court-instead-of-campaigning-for-8-weeks-thanks-to-democrats-new-york-lawfare\/\" title=\"Democrats in New York have caused Trump to spend 8 weeks in court instead of on the campaign trail\">case lacks merit<\/a> and is, \u200beffectively, \u200dconcluded. Currently, Lake is running in the Arizona Senate race, where she \u2062trails Democratic opponent Rep. Ruben Gallego. Throughout \u200cher political \u200bcareer, she has been a\u2062 vocal supporter of election denialism,\u200d including\u2062 claims about the 2020\u200c election&#8217;s integrity.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/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\"><\/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\/\"><\/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\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kari Lake&rsquo;s bid to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">overturn 2022 governors race rejected<\/a> by Arizona Supreme Court<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1876308\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kari-lake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kari Lake<\/a> lost her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3080397\/lake-asks-arizona-supreme-court-to-declare-her-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">latest attempt<\/a> at becoming the governor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arizona<\/a>, two years after she lost the state&rsquo;s 2022 gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Arizona Supreme Court rejected her bid behind closed doors just one day after the Nov. 5 election. The state&rsquo;s high court also rejected similar bids from Republicans Abe Hamadeh and Mark Finchem related to their own losses in statewide races over two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the petition, Lake&rsquo;s legal team argued that &ldquo;the 2022 election was irredeemably flawed.&rdquo; There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the Arizona midterm elections in 2022. Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/katie-hobbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Katie Hobbs <\/a>(D-AZ) defeated Lake by over 17,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Lake&rsquo;s legal challenge alleged that there were issues with ballot tabulators and long lines in Maricopa County, which her legal team believed were sufficient cause to declare her Arizona&rsquo;s governor or potentially to redo the election in the state&rsquo;s most populous county.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Lake&rsquo;s last appeal in August, Tom Liddy, an attorney for Maricopa County, filed a damning response on the matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rather than offering reasons why review should be granted, the Petition instead only argues that Lake is right and the lower courts are wrong,&rdquo; Liddy wrote. &ldquo;The Petition makes this argument by simply parroting Lake&rsquo;s position below while ignoring much of the legal reasoning and all of the evidence that led the lower courts to decide against her.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to Phoenix attorney Tom Ryan, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-overturns-chevron-doctrine-upends-administrative-state\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Overturns Chevron Doctrine, Upends Administrative State\">high court&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s denial of this appeal is the end for Lake&rsquo;s long-enduring challenge to the results of the 2022 election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To paraphrase a quote from Charles Dickens in his 1843 short story &lsquo;A Christmas Carol,&rsquo; Kari Lake&rsquo;s case is as dead as a doornail,&rdquo; Ryan told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/azmirror.com\/2024\/11\/07\/az-supreme-court-rejects-kari-lakes-last-remaining-bid-to-overturn-her-2022-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Arizona Mirror<\/a><\/em>  in an email statement. &ldquo;Or to paraphrase Monty Python in their Dead Parrot skit, Kari Lake&rsquo;s case is bereft of life, joined the Choir Eternal, kicked the bucket, bought the farm, is without any observable metabolic processes, and is not pining for the fjords of Norway. It is dead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lake, who is currently trailing Democratic opponent Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3183868\/five-takeaways-arizona-senate-debate-lake-gallego-centered-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the state&rsquo;s Senate race<\/a>, has made a name for herself as a proponent of election denialism, repeating claims that the 2020 election was stolen from now-President-elect Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/2YXcT\/https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/05\/arizona-congressional-races-election-results\/75904496007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">won a seat in Congress<\/a> this cycle and is set to represent Arizona&rsquo;s 8th Congressional District in the House, while Finchem will return to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/2YXcT\/https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/05\/arizona-senate-election-results\/75799765007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the state Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh lost to Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes by just 280 votes after a recount and filed his own case in Mohave County. Mayes applauded the Arizona Supreme Court decision.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We applaud the Supreme Court&rsquo;s correct decision to end this frivolous challenge from Mr. Hamadeh,&rdquo; Mayes said in a statement. &ldquo;This ends a series of ill-fated and ill-informed lawsuits that has carried into an entirely new election cycle. I will continue my work being a lawyer for all the people of Arizona.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1876308\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1876308\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kari Lake&#8217;s attempt to overturn the 2022 governor&#8217;s race was denied by the Arizona Supreme Court<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2366090,"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":[4472,44619,33066,5894,32275],"class_list":["post-2366088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arizona","tag-election-2022","tag-kari-lake","tag-politics","tag-supreme-court"],"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\/2366088","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2366092,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2366088\/revisions\/2366092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2366090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2366088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2366088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}