{"id":549428,"date":"2021-06-02T12:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=549428"},"modified":"2021-06-02T12:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T16:21:06","slug":"arizonas-democratic-secretary-of-state-running-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizonas-democratic-secretary-of-state-running-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona\u2019s Democratic Secretary Of State Running For Governor"},"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\">16<\/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%2Farizonas-democratic-secretary-of-state-running-for-governor%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=549428&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screen-Shot-2021-06-02-at-11.33.36-AM-copy-e1622648079781.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Arizona Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced Wednesday that she is running for governor.<\/p>\n<p>Hobbs, who took office in 2018, has consistently pushed back against the baseless claims of election fraud echoed by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies, and has criticized a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/06\/department-of-justice-arizona-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GOP-led audit<\/a> of ballots in the state\u2019s largest county.<\/p>\n<p>In her announcement video, Hobbs discussed Arizona\u2019s successful election in 2020 despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/19\/arizona-election-audit-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">audit<\/a> and Republican assertions that the election was rigged in favor of President Joe Biden, who won the state by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/30\/arizona-wisconsin-certify-election-results-affirming-narrow-joe-biden-victories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">approximately 11,000 votes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6820083682008\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m running for Governor to deliver transparency, accountability, and results for Arizonans \u2014 just like I\u2019ve done my whole career.<\/p>\n<p>Join me: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LM2sCDVynA\">https:\/\/t.co\/LM2sCDVynA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5y3QtFvYAk\">pic.twitter.com\/5y3QtFvYAk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katie Hobbs (@katiehobbs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katiehobbs\/status\/1400093545260752904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe had a job to do, and that job was simple: Count every vote,\u201d Hobbs said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re under attack, some would have you believe you have two choices: To fight or give in. But there\u2019s a third option: Get the job done. The other side isn\u2019t offering policies to make our lives better. They\u2019re offering conspiracies that only make our lives worse.\u201d&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/21\/voting-machines-auditors-grave-security-concerns-arizona-election-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Arizona SoS: Giving Ballots To Auditors Poses \u2018Grave\u2019 Security Concerns)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2020, against all odds, in the middle of a pandemic, we proved that democracy works,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Also running is former Obama administration official Marco L\u00f3pez Jr., who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1marcolopez\/status\/1394306966336380941\">announced<\/a> his candidacy in May. Republican State Treasurer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimberlyYeeAZ\/status\/1394356788875599873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kimberly Yee<\/a> and Kari Lake, a local news anchor who <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KariLake\/status\/1399919085979275267\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launched<\/a> her candidacy Tuesday night, are also vying to succeed Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who is term-limited and unable to seek reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs announced Wednesday that she is running for governor.Hobbs, who took office in 2018, has consistently pushed back against the baseless claims of election &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896040,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-549428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549428","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}