Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Lake's Election Appeal

Kari Lake's appeals to overturn her 2022 gubernatorial election loss to Katie Hobbs have been conclusively rejected by the Arizona Supreme Court, marking the end of her legal efforts to claim the governorship. This decision, issued without comment, upholds previous rulings that dismissed Lake's claims of tabulator testing failures and signature verification issues. Lake had argued that these issues affected the election outcome but failed to present convincing evidence. Simultaneously, Lake is trailing Democrat Ruben Gallego in her bid for the U.S. Senate seat, with Gallego leading by nearly 44,000 votes. Despite her legal defeats and electoral setbacks, Lake has not conceded her loss in the Senate race. The court's decision also parallels a similar rejection of appeals by Abe Hamadeh, another Republican contesting the 2022 election results.