Kari Lake is appealing her election challenge loss, asking the state Court of Appeals to reconsider all 10 counts she originally cited in her lawsuit.
Lake, a Donald Trump-endorsed Republican, also indicated she will ask the state Supreme Court for direct review of the appeal.
Her filing comes hours after Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson closed her case, which played out over a two-day trial and then a holiday weekend of court filings between plaintiff's attorneys and defense attorneys over sanctions and legal fees.Lake is asking the Appeals Court to examine Thompson's dismissal of eight of her original 10 complaints, Thompson's Dec.
Lake's case revolved around claims that Maricopa County officials and Arizona Secretary of State Hobbs deliberately rigged the election to prevent Lake from winning. Thompson ruled that Lake failed to provide clear and convincing evidence there were intentional moves to change ballot-printer settings and to disrupt the chain of custody for ballots in Maricopa County, the key arguments Lake and her attorneys made to the court during the trial.
The courts are likely to move quickly on this matter. Hobbs and other statewide officials are slated to be sworn into office on Tuesday.his case, which was dismissed Dec. 16. Abe Hamadeh, the Republican candidate for attorney general, also lost his election challenge. But he said he would wait for the results of an automatic recount of his race against Democrat Kris Mayes before deciding what to do next. He
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