On Tuesday, Kari Lake, an Arizona Republican and former gubernatorial candidate, brushed away speculation that she may run for Arizona’s Senate seat in 2024, after anonymous reports claimed she intended to.
On Monday, CNN reporter Kate Sullivan wrote on Twitter “I’m told Kari Lake is considering running for the US Senate seat held by Kyrsten Sinema in 2024.” Sullivan did not divulge anything about the source of that information.
In a statement on Tuesday, Lake’s campaign contested the report, noting that she is still challenging the midterm election results in court. Earlier this month, Arizona’s Court of Appeals agreed to expedite her lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County officials, arguing that there were enough issues on Election Day that the race was swung out of her favor.
Her campaign told The Gateway Pundit that “Kari is hyper-focused on winning her court case as she is the duly-elected Governor and her Election Case proves that,” adding that “hundreds of thousands of invalid ballots were counted in Maricopa County alone” and there were “lines of 4 hours or more at some locations” on Election Day.
On Nov. 8, Maricopa County officials confirmed that there had been a number of ballot printing problems, and voters were told to place their ballots in separate drop boxes for later counting.
“That is just a BIT of what went wrong in Arizona,” the statement said. “Kari Lake is fighting to protect the sacred vote of the People of Arizona.”
The statement noted that “dozens of people” have contacted Lake, suggesting that she run for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-AZ) seat. Sinema recently made headlines after she changed her party affiliation from Democrat to Independent.
“There have been several polls showing she is the strongest candidate and could win,” it said. “The corruption in DC is as bad as it is in AZ and we need to root out that corruption, but Kari’s focus is on her election case and saving the good people of Arizona from [Hobbs].”
Earlier this month, Hobbs was sworn in as governor. Hobbs previously served as Arizona’s secretary of state and was the highest election official in Arizona, refusing to step away from her duties as secretary of state in spite of Lake’s claims of a conflict of interest.
Hobbs has already signed four executive orders and has proposed a budget. She delivered her first address to the state Legislature last week.
“Chasing conspiracy theories, pushing agendas for special interests, attacking the rights of your fellow Arizonans or seeking to further undermine our democracy will lead nowhere,” said Hobbs in the speech.
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