Kari Lake Confirms She’s “Entertaining” Major Run If She Loses Election Lawsuit
Arizona Republican candidate Kari lake According to her, she is currently “entertaining” a run for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024 if her election-related court cases don’t pan out.
During an interview with Turning Point USA President Charlie Kirk this week, Lake spoke about speculation that she would run for Arizona’s Senate seat in 2024. This would put her up against Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), and Rep. Rueben Galego (D-Ariz.), both of whom recently announced they would be running for the seat. Sinema, a former Democrat announced last year that she would become an independent.
Asked Kirk, Monday if she’s “entertaining” a run for Sinema’s seat, Lake said, “Yes, I am entertaining it. I meant that my number one priority was our court case. I have full faith in our court case. I hope we get a judge who will do the right thing.
“But I’m also looking at what happens if we don’t get a decent ruling in that, and they want me to go away, they want our movement to go away,” Lake. “I represent we the people, and if they want us gone so badly that they’re willing to steal an election then I’m not going to let them have that, I won’t go away.”
Lake further stated that Lake views the world as a “viewer”. “internal polling” That showed that she had a good chance to defeat Sinema or win over Gallego. It’s not clear if Sinema, who was first elected in 2018, is planning to run for reelection, and she has made no public comments in response to Lake’s or Gallego’s criticisms of her.
Gallego announced in the meantime that he would run to be a senator in January. He and Lake have sparred on Twitter and in public appearances ever since.
“I’ve seen some internal polling that shows I’m the only Republican who can beat these other two,” Lake spoke of Gallego and Sinema. “I find both of them incredibly dangerous to the people of Arizona, Kyrsten Sinema’s voting record being 93 percent of the time voting for Joe Biden’s agenda, I find Ruben Gallego being a self-admitted socialist really frightening for Arizona and if I’m the only Republican who can beat them, I would be willing to jump in.”
Lake’s spokesperson confirmed to Politico, however, that she Meeting with Republican Senate officials Although few details were revealed, the meeting was held in Washington, D.C. A meeting between Lake and the National Republican Senatorial Committee officials lasted about an hour on Thursday, said Lake advisor Caroline Wren.
Wren was asked by the outlet if Lake has made a decision regarding a Senate run. “I don’t think so. I think it was more listening.” The Epoch Times contacted Lake’s team for comment about the matter.
Lake was also interviewed by The New York Times, and offered more criticisms of Sinema and Gallego. “She’s the furthest thing from an independent,” Lake shared his story about Sinema with the paper.
Lawsuit Status
In December, a Maricopa County judge tossed Lake’s lawsuit during a two-day trial in which her lawyers argued that a range of issues in Maricopa on Election Day caused enough problems for voters that the midterm election should be re-done or Lake should be declared the winner. She has since appealed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, while the state Supreme Court has twice rejected a petition to transfer her case.
Maricopa County officials stated on Nov. 8, that several vote tabulation machines had suffered printer errors. Lake and GOP officials claim that this caused delays and chaos that led to widespread delays. Maricopa County maintains that no Election Day voters were affected by the errors. They claimed that they were fixed that day.
Lawyers for then-Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in late January filed a response that seeks to dismiss Lake’s challenge, asserting that the GOP challenger failed to provide enough evidence.
According to data from state election officials, Lake was 17,000 votes behind Hobbs, a Democrat. Hobbs was sworn in officially as Arizona Governor last month.
Lake claimed that Election Day voters tended to vote Republican. He also suggested that the outcomes of the contest were affected by issues reported at polling stations.
The Arizona Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear Lake’s challenge on Feb. 1.
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