WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, May 22, an Arizona judge issued the final blow to Republican election denier Kari Lake’s six-month election contest that challenged her loss to Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial race.
In his order dismissing Lake’s sole remaining claim, Judge Peter Thompson found that the court did not find evidence of misconduct under Arizona law nor did the court find that this alleged misconduct affected the result of the election.
Lake not only lost her election for Arizona governor by over 17,000 votes, but also consistently lost at three separate court levels in the six months since Election Day. In December 2022, the trial court dismissed eight of Lake’s 10 claims and then, after trial, dismissed the remaining claims, thereby ending the contest. The Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s dismissal and the Arizona Supreme Court denied review of six of the seven claims in Lake’s appeal. Following this ruling, the state Supreme Court sent one claim back to the trial court for further review, which was the subject of a new trial that took place from May 17-19.
To prevail at her second trial, Lake had to prove that signature verification did not occur in Maricopa County during the 2022 election. In Arizona, voters who cast an early mail-in ballot must sign an affidavit attesting to their identity; this signature is then compared to prior signatures in the voter’s record to confirm a match. Specifically, Lake had to...
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